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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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KC Levees Update
The levee raise team continues with substantial progress on earthwork across the Argentine Levee Unit. Over three miles of levee are under construction. Portions of the levee are at final grade and the contractor continues to place material as scheduled. The team recently completed a portion of floodwall (shown in photo) that connects the levee to the recently completed Argentine Main Pump Station.
KC Levees Update
Levee and floodwall improvements along the Armourdale Levee Unit continue as scheduled. Crews have recently completed setting rebar for several buttress walls along a section of existing floodwall (shown in photo) located across the Kansas River from the HyVee Arena. South of Osage Avenue, earthwork is being placed to increase the height of the existing levee. Near 12th Street Bridge, new floodwall is being placed rapidly and continues to progress upstream.
KC Levees Update
All levee work is nearly complete between Ohio Avenue and I-670 along the Central Industrial District Levee Unit (CID). Final grading is complete and the contractor is placing topsoil and grass seed (shown in photo). Added to the completed work south of I-670, over a mile of levee raise improvements are complete on CID. The contractor will soon be transitioning to construction of a new floodwall south of the Rock Island Bridge.
Argentine Main Pump Station demolition
The KC Levees team hit a critical milestone on March 14, 2023 with closure and demolition of the 100+ year old Argentine Main Pump Station. The facility was originally constructed in the 1910s by the Kaw Valley Drainage District and has effectively reduced the risk of flooding to more than 10,000 people who live and work in the Argentine leveed area. The new Argentine Main Pump Station is now active and has 100% more capacity than the existing facility that is undergoing demolition. Final site grading and floodwall construction is ongoing and scheduled to be complete in May.
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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.

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