Army Corps details progress, funding and timelines for Dallas Floodway levee program

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dallas Water Utilities told the City of Dallas Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 9 that work on the Dallas Floodway levee system has advanced significantly but that several major elements will rely on future federal and local funding.

The update, led by Mark Herman, program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Fort Worth District), and Sarah Standefer, director of Dallas Water Utilities, summarized recent completions, current construction and funding for future projects and noted that ecosystem restoration remains unfunded.

The committee heard that the supplemental program funding originates from the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and that, to date, the Dallas Floodway has received $457,000,000 in federal/local funding while the Dallas Floodway Extension has received $135,000,000 in federal funding. Herman said the Corps remains on track to deliver most components by the end of the decade with some elements extending into the early 2030s.

Herman described completed and ongoing pump-station and levee work: the I-277 levee raise and slope flattening was…