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EXTRACT REPORTS OF THE:

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION P.O. Box 80, Vicksburg, MS 39181-0080

New Orleans District P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
Vicksburg District 21 0 I North Frontage Road Vicksburg, MS 39181-5191

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Memphis District 167 Nortl1 Mid America Mall
Room B202

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St. Louis District
1222 Spruce Street

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SL Louis, MO 63103-2833
Rock Island District P.O. Box 2004 Rock Island, IL 61204-2004
St Paul District 190 Fifth Street SL Paul, MN 55101-1638
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Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis, MN
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NEW ORLEANS, LA, DISTRCT
Distrcc compri a porton of Louisiana,
River to Sabine River, and the Pases of

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the Mississippi

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embmcoo in drnage basins trbuUu to Missisippi
River and Gulf of Mexico, except Misissippi River

River. (t exerise jursdiction 'iver floo' contrl work
on Mississippi River frm mill 325.5 AHP to GlÙf of

above inile 325.5 abovc Head of Pases (AR), draage area of Ouachila-BJack Rivér Basin, nnd small
eatcrn and. westcrn portons of Louisiaa tributa 10

Mexico; Atchaalaya River; anil in Alcllaya Basin;
and mainteance of project ßo.viga1ion chael of

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Mississippi River below mile 3:~5.5 AlP, under supervision of Preident, Mississippi River Commissian

Pearl River and Sabine River and Lae. The New

miles. '...
Orlens Distrct temlory aacoInpasscs 30,000 square

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Division. '

(MC), nnd Divisioiï 'Engineer, MisSissippI Viilley
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It ineludes sections of the Gulf lntmcoasta Water. Wfy from Lake Borgnc Light 29 al ihe mouth of PeRfI

IMROVEMENTS
Navigation
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Flood Control (cooL)

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1. Inner Haror Navigation Olal Lock, LA...... 11-2 2. Missiippi River-GulfOuUel, LA................ i 1-2

13. Flood Concrol Worl Under Special

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14. Prolection ofNavigalion.................m..........ll-S

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3. MissLi;ippi River Ship Chanel, Gulf

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10 Balon Rouge, LA................................:... 11.3
Flood Control

15. CalastrophicDisterPreparedncs

Progr .....................:_................................. 1)-8
16. Coasta Wetland,; Plwing, Prtection,

and Resornon ....................................... ) )-S
4. Commte River, LA (Diversion)....................... 11-3

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17. Genera Regulatory Prgrm .........................) I-II
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Table lI-B Table ll-C

5. Grd Isle and Vicinity, LA .........:....... ....... 11-4

6. Lae Pontcha and Vicinity, LA
(Hwrca.eProtection)....m................. ...... LI-5
7. Laos to Golden Meadow, LA

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('.ost and Financi(~ Sttlement ........ 11-12
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(Hwrcae Protection).................................. 11-5
8. New Orlea 10 Vence, LA

Lei:ilation................1 1-14

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9. Southeat Louisia Urba Drage
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(lurcae Protection)................................... 11-6

Projecfs .............................."..... 11-J9

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Other Authorid FJoo
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11. AmteRiverandTritacs,Ea

Projec (Food Contrl).................................. 11-6 Wes Ban and Vicity, New Orlea, LA. (Hwrcane Protecon)................................. 11-7

Prje.............................. 11-21

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Flood Contrl W.nk Under
Specal Authorization..m............. 1 l-22 Envinmta Work Under

Bnton Rouge Parh, LA (FLoo Dnge
Rcduction).........................:....................... 11-8
12. Inction ofCompleled Flood Control

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Specia Authorrltton .................1 1-23

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REPORT OF TH SECRTARY OF TH AR ON CIV WORK ACCIVES FOR FY 2005

t. INNER HARBOR NAVIGATION CANAL LOCK, LA

damaged by Hunicane Kaina, causing a temporaa

hold on mitigation work as part of the Community

ImpnctPIa.
Location. The project is located withi tlic city of
New Orlea~ Louisiana. It is a dee and shallow draft

2. MISSISSIPPI RIVER-GULF OUTLET, LA

canal extending nortward from ilc Mississippi Rier
to Lake Pontchartin.

Location. In State of Louisiana and the terrtorial waters of the United Stales and extends from existig
In~r Harr: Navigation Canal at 3 point 7,500 feet
nort of eJrstig IJC lock and ahout ¡ I ,000 feel from
Mississippi River, to a turng basjn south of

Ellsting project. The existing Iner Harbor Navi-

gation Canal Lock, huili in i 920 hy the Port of New
Orleas, has dimensions 001.5 feet deep, 75 fcetwidc,
and 640 feel long (usahle length). It passes hare trffc

between the Mississippi River and the Gulf Intrcostal

Michoud, LA, and then as a land and water,cut from turing basin south ofMichoud, LA, southeasefly to and along south
shore of Lae Borgne and through marhes to and

Waterway and is a vital link in the nation's Inland
Waterway System. Delays to the navigation trc

through Chaadeleur Souad to 38-fool contour ia Gulf of

average about 11 hours, with 24-36 hour delays com-

MeJrco. (Refer to NOAA Coast Char No,. 11340,
11360, 1163, II69, 1131, nnd 1133. Also see

mon. The average yealy tonnage thugh the lock is
about 22 million tons, 21 of ,,,hich is coal, petroleum
products, and crude petroleum. Otller major commodi~

MRC 1989 (57th edition) folio of maps, Mississippi
River-Cairo, IL, to GuU of

Mexico, LA.)

ties include metallc ores, industral chemicals and nonmetallc mirrcmls. Two major vehicular roadway

Existing project. Provides for 3 seaway canal, 36
by 500 feet, extenddg 76 miles as a .1and and waler cut

bridges (Claiborne and St Claude Avenues) and one railroad/roadway bridge (Florida Avenue) cross the canal in the vicinity of the existing lock. The Corps of Engieers bought the lock from the, -Port of New

from Michoud southeaterly to and along south shore of
Lake Borgne (compleled), and across ChandeJeur
Sound to Chandelcur Island and increasing grdually to

Orlea in 1985.
Local cooperaHon. The cost sharg for the
replacement lock is spcifed in the Water Resures Development Act of i 986. The costs of the new lock
were apportoned between genera cargo navigation and
inland navigation Costs assigned to inand navigation

38 by 600 feet in Gulf of Mexico (completed), with

protective jetties at enlrce (completed), a permanent retention dike thugh Chandeleur Hound (authoried
but not yet constctcd, and a wing dike along islands

as requird (anthorize hut not yet constrcted) . It also
provides for an iner tidewater harbor consisting of

1,000- hy 2,OOO-fool turing hasin 36 feet deep nl

are shared 50 percenl from tte Inland Waterway Trust

landward end of seaway caal (compleied), and a
connecting chanel 36 by 500 fee, wide extending

Fmid and 50 percent frm regular Corps of Engieer's appropriations. Those costs assigned to general cargo
navigation, will be cost shared 65 percent Fcdcr and
35 percent aon-Fedennl, with the Port of

easterly aloag Gulflntrcoas Wateeway from tug
basin (completed), including constrction of a suitable

New Orlea,

highway bridge with approaches to ca Louisiana

who signed a non.Federal Project Cooperon Agree. ment (PCA) in Sep. 2001. The Recmmended Plan is
40 feet dee by I lO feet wide hy 1,200 feet loag (usahle

Slate Highway 47 (fonnrIy 61) o\'er chaneL. Plan
further provides for futue constrcton of a chanel and

length) and is estimnted 10 cost $716,000,000.

lock in the vicinity of the existig lock to furnsh an additional connection between tidewater barr and

Mississippi River (constrction stan'cd). (See "Iner
Terminal facilties. Two contaier ship bert and
one other ship whad are located on the can in the

Harbor Navigation Caal Lok, LA" for more detals).
A reevaluation study to determne the economic
feasibilty of continuig 10 maiolain the 36-foot depth

vicinity of Ihe existig lock.

Operations and resulls during (he fisca year.
Deuuiled engineeg and design for the relacemeiit lock and Commwwty Impact Mitigation Plan has con.
tiued. The demolition of Eal Side Industral Area

in the chanel was initiated in FY99. at Federal
expense. Concerns about increaed maintenance dredging cost and ecosystem deteriomtion prompted the

study.. Hwrcae Katra slrck Louisiana prior to
completion of the reevaJuatIon effort. Katrii signifi-

(TERC constrction contract) has been completed.
Condition as or Sep 30. The AE contract awarded

cantly impacted the economic factors used in develop.

ing the economic analysis portion of the reevaluation
study. Findings oflhe Interagency Pertoffance Evaluation Task Force (lET, fommed (0 analyze the impacts

in Februar 2003 for the lock design is ongoing.

Neighborhoods on both sides of the lock were severely

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ofMRGO on stOff surge, and the State's and sponsor's intents wil have to be coDsidere before continuing the
reevaluation study.

A thir suppJement to the LCA addesing ihe Permanent Saltwater Inlnion Mitigation PIau was ex:e~

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cuted on May 28, 1993.

Locl cooperation. Requirements of local cooper~

atton ar fully described on page 11-4 of FY 1986

A ProjCt1 Coperation Agreement (PCA) betwee the Governent and the State of Louisiana wo. executed on Sc. 3, 1993 which provides fOT the dredging

Anual Report.
Terminal faciUlies. A public fucilty on the walerway is the Public Bulk Temmina of New OrJems còn~
strcted by Board of Commissioners, Port of

of a 45-foot chanel frm Mile 181 AHP 10 Baton
Rouge.

New Orleans, on left descending bank at Mile 63. One

container ship berth is in operation at the lndusmal
Canal end of the

Operations and results di,Jing fiscal year. Con. strction is underway on the pcmment mi.tigation plan. The pe.nnent mitigation plan consists of the Gover-

seaway.

Operations and resuJts during fiscal year. Five dredging contrcts fOT removal of miileriol from lhe
chnnel at n cost of $27.879,276 wcre awnrded in

ment consctg an underwat~r sii. when needed, at Mile 64 AHP 10 prevent the inlrusion of swtwatcr into w..ler supplies of the metropolitnn New Orleans area.
The plan also provided for upgrading the Plaquemies

Parish water dii.1ribution systcm which has been
completed, providing frcsb water to water treatment
plants impacted by increased saltwater intrsion caused

FY 05. In addition, Ariculated Concrete Mattres

(ACM) ban protection was placed at a cost of
$1,095,000.

by the deeper chanuel. The lIderwllter sill wils
constcted dwing FY 99 due to ex.tremely low flows in the river which allowed sut water 10 LlITcstcn up river water supplies. The sil was siiccessful in preventing to tbcsc facilities. impacts

Coiidilion as of Sei). 30. Constrction was initinted March 1958. The channel unit js 90 percent complete and the shiplock unit is 8 percent complete. The
total project is 76 percent complete. The chanel was opened 10 navigation Ju!. 25, 1963, and completed Jan.
20, 1968. Paris Road Bridge was: completed Nov. i 4,

Work ha been intiaied on the Gcncr Design
Memoradum for the remaining authorized featues of the project. This includes the dt~epening of the Mississippi River to 55 feet ftom the Gulf ofMex.ico to Baton Rouge. The State of Louisiana Nquested that th~ Corps
not complete the report until clarifying language

1967. The foreshore protection, south bww, Chalette
Area, Station 367+00 to Station 1007+00 is complete.

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GULF TO BATON ROUGE, LA
Location. The project is locted in the southeaster

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relative to cost sharg is incll'dcd in a futue Water
Resoince Development Act.
CODditìon as of Scpo 30. The 45.foot chanel is

porton of Louisiana below Baton Rouge, and consists
of the of

Mìssissippi River and its majoroutlct to the Gulf

completed from the Gulf 10 Baton Rouge. Constrction

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the permenl mitigation plan is underay. Work. on the Gener Design Memonndwn for the remaining
of

Existing project. Provides more effcienl deep
draft navigation acces to the New Orleas and Baton

authoried featur continues.

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Rouge reches of the Mississippi llver via Southwest Pas by enlnrg the existing chanel to a projecl
deplh of 55 feet and enlargig the adjacent channel

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4. COMITE RIVR (DIVERSION), LA
Location. In Eat Baton Rouge Parish, LA,
between the Comite River iid rJe Profit Islnd Chute

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along the left desndi ban in New Orleas Harbor to a 40-foot depth, a tuing basin at Baton Rougc, and
trinig works in the pases to reuce maintenance.

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or the Mississippi River, nort or the town or Bnker,

Esated cost of ex.istig project (Oct. 1, 2002) is
$196,200,000 Federal and $492,000,000 non-FederaL.

LA, and south of

the town ofZochar, LA.

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ExltJng project. The project will provide protection for residents of the Comite River Basin by reucing stges in the river below the diversion point for

In addition, the Coast Guard is to provide nnvigation
aids at an estimated cost of$1,200,OOO.

Local cooperatJon. Requirements ii described in
full on pages 11-2 and 11-3 of the FY 92 Annual

eveol: up to tle IOO-yen flood event, and coniaing within bank evenls up to the W-yea flood event. The

Report.

aulhorizcd project consists of constrction of an

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TH AR ON CML WORK ACfTIES FOR FY 200

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AUTHORIING LEGISLA nON
WorkAulboried
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LA CHAES, LA
Watcr
The project ror deeing oflJe project for navigation, Lake
PubJic LLw

99..62,
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Resource
DcvelopmCllt Act. 1986

Cbarle. Louisian, 10 a depth of 45 feel. at a loin cot 0($1,070,000.
MISSISSIPPI RIER DATON ROUGE TO GULF OF

Nov. 17, 1986

MEXCO, LA
Mar. 2,

1945

Combin projeclS of

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge 10 New

H. Do. 215,
7óth Cong., Istf!.

Orlea, Missssippi River, SoulJ Pass, and Southwes

Pass, adding therlo projec for Missssppi River from New Orlea 10 HeactofPa.'scs, to provide a single projec "Mississippi River, Balon Rouge 10 the Gulf ofMaico, n with chanel dimensions as follows: Balon Rouge 10 New Orlee, 35 by-SOO feel; port limils ofNçw Orlea 35 by
1,500 fccr.NcwOrlcasto HcodofPass, 40 by I,OOOfcer.

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Souiiwest Pas, 40 by 800 feet; Southwest PII Dar
Chanel, 40 by 60 fecI; South Pass, 30 by 450 fcc SouUU Pas Bar OOalUcl, 30 by 600 feet.
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Deepen exisiing chael from 3510 40 fcet by 500 feet wide

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tTm ooe-tenth mile below lAuiaianii Highway Commission New OrJeans, and rosa 40 by 500 feet within preentl
bridge at Balon Roge to upper limits Por of of

87thCong.,lstscs.
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authrized 35- by 1,500(oot cbael in port limits ofN~
Orleans.

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Mii.29,1956

COnsCI a seaway caiil 36 feet dee iud 500 feet wide frm
Miclioud to 3s.foot corrtour in gulf iid an inner tideater
harr consisûng of a 1,000- by 2,OOfoot tWling basin

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36 feet deep and a connecting chanrrel36 feel dee iid 500 feet wide 10 Inner Harr Niivigation CaallUd provides, whe ecnomically justified, for consli:eûon of a lock to MissisippiRivcr in the vicinity ofMerux LA

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Ocl22,1976

Amends above Act making the constrction of bridge

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reloctions a.Fcdeml reonsibility when require by the the constIclion oflh Mississippi Ricr-GulfOutli:
cbannel.

ment Acl of 1976

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(PL94-587)2dscss.
Public Law 99.662, Nov. 17,1986

Water Resources Development Acl. 1986

The Misissppi Rier-Gulfûutlct feature Is modified 10 provide that th relaceent and expansion ofibe c:oisiing constrClioa of nn additional lock shall be in UUc area of

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the existig Jock or at the Violet

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Amends above Act of 1986 to include a Community Impact
Mitigaiion PJii as an authorized feturethe project of

Public Law 104-303 Oct. 12, 1996

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TH ARY ON CIV WORK ACC FOR FY 2005

TABLE H-C (Continued)

OTHER AUTORID NA VIGA TION PROJECT

Cost To Seolember 30. 2005

ForLasl
Full Report For

Mo.

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OpratioD
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Complete

Se Annual

ProJed
Misissippi Rive..ulfOutlct,

Slatu

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Report

Constrction

Maiteoance
2.376,498.994 1,271,252 49,327,489

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Michaud Caal; LA Mississippi royer Outlets, Venice, L\
Navigation wor imdcr spiil

1996 1976 1986

88,53S,()°
2,499,555 10,014,012

Jan.196tNov. 1974

Complete

authorition (Calcaic: Pas
chal in Old River Bend
at Pas

Caern, LAiS
Manchac, LA

Nort PasPas Manchac LA

Complet Comlete
Complete

1957 1996 1950
1981 1984

139,755

533,492 79,845

May

1995

124,681

1912
Nov. 1980

Petite Ane, Tigr, and
Caic. Bayous, LA

Removal of Aquatic Gr'4 LA
Sulphur River, AR and TX Tangipahoa River, LA
TIckfaw, Natalbany, Poochalauiii.

1,453,172 52,119,811

1919 1985

45,989

2,903,990
8,115

and Bloo Rivers, LAJ Wateay fr Whte Lake 10

Complete

1973

94,164
742

1921

Pec Island, LA II
WalCI frm BBpir,

1948

10.904

LA, to Gulf ofMcxico

Complete
CompJe!e

1981

1,068,142

1,673,050

Jun.

1950

Wateay ftm Intrcoastal Wateray
10 Bayou Dulac, LA

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641,608

2,673,960

Aug. J 964

J. Traferr to Depart of

Traporttion. Authorized undcrTnnrnan-Hobbs Act

2. Complete. Dale wil be furnishe when available.
3. Includes previous project costs. -

4. No commer rert
5. Abandonment recommended in H. Do. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sc
6. Complcied except that poion

above mile 10.3 providing forwideningfurn 40 fect to 60 feet, which is inactve.

7. By Public Law 88-4. tht portion of

Bayou Ternne betwee point where Barrw Stret cro said strem and a line

determined by prolonging and exnding earn right-of-way line ofNew Orleans Boulevard southerly 10 south bak of said

stram was declare nonnavigable.
8. Includes $66,000 contrbuted ffds. 9. Option iud maintenance of

the strture rerted under projeci "Ccaicu Rjvcr and Pas LA."

10. Excludes $50,00 contrbute fuds.

i I. Not compleled incorprate in navigaiion project "Mermtau River, LA" .
12. Not completed; sucd for most orit length by pret 12- by 125-fool GulfIntncoastal Waterway, which coincides wilb orparllels it.

13. Mainience project; no future work schedles.
)4. Includes $57,555 ($29,974 of which was horn Public Works fund) fornew work maintenance of preou

on prmou projCCL Includes $114,519 for

prjec

IS. Work is under contiuing authority. 16. Includes $1,729,989 for prcous

projecL 17. Doe nolincJude allotment of$40,oo (9613123).

18. Doe not include expediture of$63,370 (9613123).
19. Includes $169,055 for previous

projects an $3,379,676 from peanent indefiniie apprpriation.

20. Includes $8,811,00 Non-Federl CoSt. .
21. Channel completed excep for rnC Lok relacct and forehore proteion.
22. Doc not include exenditure of$7,475,OOO for Drge Wheeler Ready Resere for 200.

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