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  KANSAS CITYS LEVEES PROJECT

The Kansas Citys, Missouri and Kansas Levee project consists of seven levee units including 60 miles of levees and floodwalls along both banks of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. The system protects 32 square miles of industrial, commercial and residential areas, and includes 100,000 jobs, 7,000 structures and $22B in investments. The area is vital to the national economy as a manufacturing, distribution, transportation and warehousing hub. Life safety is paramount to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  The purpose of this project is to ensure these levee systems perform during the next flood event.  We also recognize the vitality of this area to local and national economies as a major manufacturing, distribution, transportation and warehousing hub. 

The remaining Kansas City Levees project includes improvements to ~17 miles  of existing levees and floodwalls along the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo.  This collaborative effort between USACE, the Kaw Valley Drainage District, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri will reduce the risk of flooding, improve the reliability and resiliency of the systems, strengthen aging infrastructure and ensure the levees and floodwalls perform during future flood events.  The improvements will consist of levee and floodwall raises, replacements and repairs to existing pump stations, improvements to aging infrastructure and seepage and stability improvements.  Our goal is to complete the $529M project by 2026.  This final phase will complete nearly 15 years of construction on the system.  Improvements are complete for the Fairfax/Jersey Creek, North Kansas City and East Bottoms Units along the Missouri River.

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What's Happening

Armourdale Pump Station Repairs
Repairs and modifications to seven pump stations along the Armourdale Levee Unit continue as scheduled. Crews recently completed improvements to the 5th Street and 12th Street Pump Stations and are actively working at the Shawnee Avenue Pump Station – one of the most critical facilities along the system due to its depth and usage during flood events. New pumps and motors are scheduled to be installed at Shawnee Avenue Pump Station in early April.
Armourdale Pump Station Repairs
Repairs and modifications to seven pump stations along the Armourdale Levee Unit continue as scheduled. Crews recently completed improvements to the 5th Street and 12th Street Pump Stations and are actively working at the Shawnee Avenue Pump Station – one of the most critical facilities along the system due to its depth and usage during flood events. New pumps and motors are scheduled to be installed at Shawnee Avenue Pump Station in early April.
Armourdale Pump Station Repairs
Repairs and modifications to seven pump stations along the Armourdale Levee Unit continue as scheduled. Crews recently completed improvements to the 5th Street and 12th Street Pump Stations and are actively working at the Shawnee Avenue Pump Station – one of the most critical facilities along the system due to its depth and usage during flood events. New pumps and motors are scheduled to be installed at Shawnee Avenue Pump Station in early April.
Progress on Levee Improvements
The first full reach of levee raise is nearing completion on the Central Industrial District (CID) Levee Unit between I-670 and Hy-Vee Arena. Work is progressing with utility connections and the final earthwork for this half mile stretch of work, which will raise the levee by four feet. There were numerous challenges encountered working through abandoned stockyards infrastructure. New concrete floodwalls and various levee raises are also being constructed along numerous reaches of the three levee units, with foundations being drilled and poured, rebar being set, and concrete being poured. Construction has seem some delays with the winter weather, but we anticipate a significant ramp up as spring approaches.
Argentine Main and Strong Avenue Pump Stations
The team recently achieved a critical milestone when new pumps and motors for the new Argentine Main and Strong Avenue Pump Stations, located along the Argentine Levee Unit, were wet tested in late January. The new pump stations are nearly complete and scheduled to be online and operational in March 2023. These two pump stations greatly improve the reliability of the existing drainage system and significantly lower flood risk to the Argentine community.

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