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2 NMI studies in the works
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Posted on Jan 24 2020
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Jan. 14 several civil works studies that will be accomplished with funding provided in Public Law 116-20, including two for the CNMI.
Honolulu District will manage six FY19 Emergency Supplemental studies, two each for Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth.
The money for these studies is provided for under the Additional Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Relief Act of 2019 that was signed into law on June 6, 2019.
This appropriation will assist with the recovery and resiliency-building efforts throughout the U.S. Pacific territories in response to major storms affecting the region between 2017 and 2019.
The Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the assistant secretary of the Army, has approved funding for investigations and operations and maintenance activities with all investigations funded with 100% federal money.
Studies pursued through investigations that are found to hold federal interest will have access to approximately $740 million in construction funding and will require a cost-share with a non-federal sponsor.
The six Pacific studies with the current working cost estimates include:
GUAM: Agana River (Hagatna River Flood Control) flood risk management study ($3 million); Pacific Territories Post-Disaster watershed assessment ($1.5 million) for investigation of measures to increase resiliency and address damages incurred from historic storm events.
AMERICAN SAMOA: Tafuna flood risk management study ($3 million), Pacific Territories Post-Disaster watershed assessment ($1.5 million) for investigation of measures to increase resiliency and address damages incurred from historic storm events.
CNMI: Saipan Beach Road coastal storm damage reduction study ($3 million), Pacific Territories Post-Disaster watershed assessment ($1.5 million) for investigation of measures to increase resiliency and address damage incurred from storms.
Honolulu District is currently engaging study sponsors to initiate each investigation. A start date for the studies has not yet been identified. (PR)
