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House panel presses Army Corps on slow project delivery, $78 billion of unmet work
Summary
Officials and members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment questioned Army civil‑works leaders about the Corps' delivery performance, an extensive construction backlog, and steps to implement the Water Resources Development Act of 2024.
Chairman Collins opened the hearing by urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed project delivery and better manage taxpayer dollars as the committee reviewed implementation of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 and related programs.
The Corps' top civilian and military leaders acknowledged both the scale of demand and significant delivery problems. "Our current unscheduled rate across the civil works portfolio is 80.1 percent. That's ... unacceptable," Lieutenant General Graham said, describing a pattern of projects running off schedule.
Nut graf: Members pressed leaders from the Corps and the assistant secretary's office on how to turn statutory authorities from WERDA 2024 into on‑the‑ground results for navigation, flood protection and environmental infrastructure.…
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