KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District is making progress on repairing levees that were damaged during the 2011 flooding along the Missouri River with three more contracts being nearly complete and another one awarded on Aug. 7.
Levee repairs have recently been completed on the Grape-Bolin-Schwartz Levee and the Wolcott Drainage District, Sections 1, 2 and 3 in Kansas and the Sugartree Bottoms Levee in Missouri.
Coastal Environmental Group, Inc. repaired a breach and large scour hole at the Grape-Bolin-Schwartz Levee in Leavenworth County, Kan. Prudent Technologies, Inc. repaired a breach and large scour hole at the Wolcott Drainage District in Wyandotte County, Kan., and Tri-Smith Construction completed fill placement to the landside toe slope erosion and the flood relief spillway in Carroll County, Mo. Only minor seeding remains to be completed for the three levees.
In addition, a contract was awarded to Wolfe Construction for $89,440 to repair drainage structure damage on the Lower Chariton Levee in Chariton County, Mo.
To date, 15 contracts have been completed out of 23 contracts that have been awarded. Seven contracts remain to be awarded.
For more information contact the Public Affairs Office at (816) 389-3485.
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Release no. PA-2012-48