Louisiana Project List for $100M Design Support Program and New $100M Funding Opportunity for Flood Mitigation Approved by Watershed Council

Baton Rouge, Louisiana. – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced on August 22, 2022, that the state will devote $100 million in federal funds to a Design Support Program for 28 flood mitigation projects, as well as another $100 million to a Round 2 funding opportunity for local and regional projects. This comes after the Council on Watershed Management unanimously approved the plan last Thursday.

“As we continue working to reduce flood risks throughout Louisiana, the state is not only funding projects but assisting local and regional partners in project design and development to make sure we are funding high-impact flood mitigation efforts that don’t adversely affect surrounding communities,” Louisiana Governor Edwards said. “This work is central to the mission of the Louisiana Watershed Initiative, which is improving the way we approach flood mitigation by working collaboratively to develop and fund projects best suited for investment in each watershed region.”

The state will provide technical help to projects that did not earn grants during the Round 1 funding opportunity through the Design Support Program. The state will be able to fund those projects in 2023 this manner.

In addition, in January 2023, LWI will open a Round 2 financing opportunity for local and regional projects. Eligible projects for the $100 million Round 2 financing opportunity must assist low- to moderate-income individuals and communities selected by HUD as the most impacted and distressed.

The state’s Action Plan to spend $1.2 billion in federal Community Development Block Grant Mitigation monies includes funding for the Design Support Program and Round 2.

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Design Support Program projects, applicant entities, watershed regions, and budgets:

• Sugarhouse Bayou Outfall, Town of Colfax, Region 1, $1.36 million
• Dorcheat Road Bridge, Webster Parish, Region 1, $708,227
• Sherman Lake Flood Storage, Town of Columbia, Region 2, $5.98 million
• Hodge Drainage Improvements, Village of Hodge, Region 2, $1.57 million
• Glenn Ditch Pumping Station, Town of Jonesville, Region 2, $1.96 million
• Cypress Detention (South), City of West Monroe, Region 3, $1.28 million
• James Addition Drainage, Town of Farmerville, Region 3, $1.5 million
• Salter Street Stormwater Retention, Town of Delhi, Region 3, $3 million
• West Parkview Drainage Improvements, City of Monroe, Region 3, $3.25 million
• Ash Slough Drainage Improvements, Franklin Parish, Region 3, $3.87 million
• Highway 33 Ditch Hardening, Town of Farmerville, Region 3, $2.3 million
• Gulley Street Drainage, Town of Farmerville, Region 3, $1.26 million
• Staulkinghead Creek Rehabilitation, Morehouse Parish, Region 3, $5 million
• Nixon Addition Drainage Improvements, Town of Kinder, Region 4, $3.57 million
• East Side Drainage Improvements, City of Bunkie, Region 5, $3.66 million
• Anslem Coulee Regional Detention Pond, City of Youngsville, Region 5, $3.56 million
• Oak Park Drainage Improvements, City of Oakdale, Region 5, $10.3 million
• Fullers Park Drainage Improvements, City of Oakdale, Region 5, $6.9 million
• East Side Drainage Improvements, Village of Hessmer, Region 5, $2.25 million
• West Side Drainage Improvements, City of Bunkie, Region 5, $2.7 million
• Parishwide Drainage Improvements, St. James Parish, Region 6, $814,244
• Cancienne Canal Floodplain Preservation, Assumption Parish, Region 6, $4.29 million
• New Pump Station Construction, Lafourche Parish, Region 6, $1.59 million
• Upper Terrebonne Basin Drainage Improvements, Upper Delta Soil & Water Conservation District, Region 6, $9.17 million
• Covington Lift Station Panel Elevations, City of Covington, Region 7, $2.6 million
• Jones Vaughn Creek Bridge, West Feliciana Parish, Region 7, $1.4 million
• Dawson Creek Drainage Improvements, East Baton Rouge Parish MOHSEP, Region 7, $8.26 million
• Ormond Area Flood Mitigation Project, St. Charles Parish, Region 8, $6 million