Chicago, IL – The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) includes $5.967 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
The President's Budget for FY 2021 for the USACE Civil Works program funds the development, management, restoration, and protection of the nation's water, wetlands, and related resources through studies, the construction, operation and maintenance of projects, the Corps regulatory program, and emergency response. The budget includes $2.397 billion for commercial navigation, $1.634 billion for flood and storm damage reduction, and $350 million for aquatic ecosystem restoration.
Projects under the Chicago District's jurisdiction that were funded include:
General Investigations:
Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study - $50k
Construction General:
Calumet Harbor - $16M for construction
Operations & Maintenance:
Burns Harbor - $4.467M
Calumet Harbor - $6.236M
Chicago Harbor - $3.8M
Chicago River - $619k
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Barriers - $14.301M
Indiana Harbor - $7.576M
Lake Michigan Diversion - $1.17M
Michigan City Harbor - $10k
Waukegan Harbor - $11k
Roush Lake - $2.098M
Salamonie Lake - $3.507M
Salamonie Lake - for $100k completion of Master Plan
Mississinewa Lake - $2.919M
Fox River - $3.344M
Green Bay - $3.084M
Kewaunee Harbor - $25k
Manitowoc Harbor - $80k
Milwaukee Harbor - $11k
Sturgeon Bay - $18k
Sturgeon Bay - $1.516M
The FY 2021 Civil Works budget press book is available at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Budget.aspx, under the heading Program Budget: Press Books.
Release no. 20-003