FLOOD02193

• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs
• Stream Name: Fountain River
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Colorado Springs Project Flood Control
• Date: 4/22/1946
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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ADDRESS REPLY TO
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. U. S. ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C.

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WAR DEPARTMENT

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
WASHINGTON

REFER TO FILE No. C1F. RP'reWF

Honorable Clif:t'ord H. stone
Hay-Adams HOUSEl
800 16th S'~reElt, N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C.

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20 February 1946

Dear Judge Stone:

Reference is made to your recent telephone request concerning the present
status of the project in the Fountain River Basin, Colorado, for local flood
protection at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A project on tributaries of the Fount~ne Que Bouille (Fountain) River
for local. flood protection at Colorado Springs was authorized by the Flood
Control Act approved 22 December 1944 substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House DocUlllent No. 186, 78th
Congress, 1st Session. The authorized project contemplates, in general, the
construction of a floodway from Templeton Gap to Monument Creek for the pro-
tection of an area in and near the ~astern part of Calorado Springs from
floodwaters originating in the Templeton Gap drainage. area.

To date, no funds have been appropriated by Congress for construction of
the authorized project on tr?butaries of the Fountain River. I may mention
that the estimates submitted by the Department to the Bureau of the Budget for
appropriations for the civil functions of the Department far the fiscal year
1947 included an estimate of funds for the Fountain River project, but owing
to the reduction in the funds as contained in the War Department Civil Functions
Appropriation B;i.ll, H.R. 5400, recently passed by the House of Representatives
and now before the Senate for action, funds were not included therein for the
Founta;i.n River project nor for many other authorized flood protection projects
for which estimates were submit'~ed. ' The Department I s District Engineer at
Albuquerque, New MeXico, is, however, proceeding with the preparation of the
plans and specifications for the project in order that it may be ready for con-
struction when -the funds for that purpose are made available to the Department.
You may be llSsu:red that the Department w:i.11, therefore, be fully prepared to
initiate the work as soon\as the necessary funds are appropria:t!';p- by Congress,
subject, of cou:rse, to the fulfillment of the requirements" ofloca;Lcooperation
contained in the authorizing act.

I trust that this information will be sufficient for your present purposes.
If, however, you should desire additionaJ. data. on this project, I shall be
pleased to furnish you aJ.l that are avai:Lable upon the receipt of your fUrther
request.

For the Chief of' Engineers:

~elY,
E. G. HERB
Colon~l Cor~e of Engineefs
EXec'.ll~~t., D:Lrectoro1'C;Lvil Works