Upper Barataria Risk Reduction Project
The Upper Barataria Risk Reduction Project (UBRR) is a United States Army Corps Engineer flood risk management project aimed at reducing the risk of flooding in the Upper Barataria Basin in Louisiana. This project involves a combination of measures such as levee construction, floodwalls, pump stations, and ecosystem restoration efforts. The UBRR is one of the last major regional levee alignments to support hurricane protection in Southeast Louisiana. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and LBLD are the non-federal sponsors.
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When complete, UBRR will provide additional flood protection to portions of Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes.
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UBRR has completed its USACE Chief's Report and received Congressional Authorization and $8M in Pre-Construction Engineering and Design (PED) funds from recent disaster supplemental appropriations. The UBRR project exceeds $1 billion.
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CPRA is assuming responsibility for 35% of total design and construction costs with an expectation that LBLD will provide a portion of the cost sharing as in-kind services, as follows:
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Construction and maintenance of interim protection levees and structures to elevation +8.0 feet consistent with the Federal alignment and Chief's report.
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Lands, Easements, Relocation, Rights of Way, and Disposals.
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Operation, Maintenance, Repair, Replacement, and Rehabilitation for the estimated 50-year project life.
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LBLD is working closely with its State and Federal delegations to ensure continued funding for these projects that have to be completed before construction of the UBRR begins.
