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<br />DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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<br />BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS
<br />Room 2037, Tempo C, 2nd & Q Streets, S. W. , Washington,
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<br />D. C. 20315
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<br />FOR PUBLIC RELEASE: 3 :00 P. M. EDT
<br />Thursday, April 29, 1971
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<br />RIVERS AND HARBORS BOARD RECOMMENDS THREE PROJECTS
<br />AND TURNS DOWN TWO
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<br />Washington, D, C. - The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors today
<br />approved proposeci projects at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Panama City,
<br />Florida; and the: Arkansas River above John Martin Dam in Colorado, The Board
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<br />also concurred in'the unfavorable recoinmendations oCthe reporting officers on
<br />projects proposed by local interests for Blackwater Bay, Florida, and Port
<br />Isabel, Texas.
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<br />The Board adopted a unique flood protection plan for Prairie du Chien,
<br />Wisconsin, involving "non-structural" means only--evacuation of the flood
<br />plain coupled with relocation and floodproofing measures. The total cost of
<br />the project, about $2,300,000, is to be shared 80 percent Federal and 20
<br />percent non - Federal.
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<br />The Panama City ,Harbor project, estimated to cost $2,165,000, calls for
<br />deepening the main channel and prOViding turning and maneuvering areas to
<br />accommodate deep-draft shipping, The project carries a benefit-cost ratio of
<br />3 . 7 to 1.
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<br />The most extensive plan on the agenda was the Arkansas River proposal.
<br />The Board voted to adopt a floodway project from Brewster to Florence, local
<br />flood protection projects at Florence, Portland, Pueblo, and La Junta; and
<br />Fountain Dam and Lake for flood control, and recreation and fish and wildlife
<br />enhancement. All projects in the approved plan, estimated at $42,900,000,
<br />are located in Colorado. However, the Board recommended that a $42,000,000-
<br />channelization project for the Arkansas River from Pueblo to La s Animas not
<br />be authorized at this time. The Board believed that a thorough restudy of
<br />structural and non-structural alternatives and the environmental impacts of
<br />such improvements should be made prior to authorization.
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<br />The Blackwater Bay project in Florida was turned down because it was
<br />not considered by the Board to be economically justified on the basis of
<br />existing and prospective commerce.
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<br />Participation by the Federal Government in a dust control plan for Long
<br />Island at Port Isabel, Texas, was vetoed on the basis of not being econom-
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