JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is directing $136.5 million in FY2025 appropriations to Mississippi for work on 30 projects. This includes $32 million for mitigation requirements and pre-construction project planning for the new, recently approved Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project.

“I am very pleased with the Army Corps FY25 Work Plan funding, which will strengthen Mississippi’s levees, keep our ports and waterways operational, and support critical infrastructure improvements that are already underway,” Hyde-Smith said.

In addition to the Yazoo pumps funding, the FY2025 Work Plan provides $13 million for Arkabutla Lake, which will be used for commonly performed operation and maintenance work as well as for dam inspections, assessments, and dam safety interim risk reduction measures.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY2025 Work Plan (Mississippi)

Investigations

• Gulfport Harbor, MS – $1,250,000
• TOTAL – $1,250,000

Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T)

MR&T Construction              

• Yazoo Backwater Area – $32,000,000
• TOTAL – $32,000,000

MR&T Operations and Maintenance

• Greenville Harbor – $1,334,000
• Inspection of Completed Works – $647,000
• Vicksburg Harbor – $1,045,000
• Arkabutla Lake – $13,062,000
• Big Sunflower River – $350,000
• Enid Lake – $6,023,000
• Greenwood, MS – $1,223,000
• Grenada Lake – $6,125,000
• Main Stem, MS – $1,157,000
• Sardis Lake – $6,834,000
• Tributaries, MS – $841,000
• Whittington Aux. Channel – $321,000
• Yazoo Backwater Area – $1,010,000
• Yazoo City, MS – $393,000
• TOTAL – $40,365,000

Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

• Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (wildlife mitigation) – $1,890,000
• Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (O&M) – $34,251,000
• East Fork, Tombigbee River – $305,000
• Gulfport Harbor          – $11,270,000
• Inspection of Completed Works         – $228,000
• Okatibbee Lake – $1,948,000
• Pascagoula Harbor – $10,602,000
• Pearl River, MS and LA – $152,000
• Project Condition Surveys – $173,000
• Rosedale Harbor – $1,692,000
• Water/Environmental Certification – $30,000
• Yazoo River – $237,000
• Claiborne County Port – $150,000
• Mouth of Yazoo River – $37,000
• TOTAL – $62,965,000