BATON ROUGE, La. – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards is announcing the state will dedicate $100 million in federal funds to a Design Support Program for 28 flood mitigation projects and another $100 million to a Round 2 funding opportunity for local and regional projects. This follows the unanimous approval of the plan by the Council on Watershed Management which met 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,” Gov. 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.”

Through the Design Support Program, the state will provide needed technical assistance to projects submitted during the Round 1 funding opportunity that did not receive awards. In this way, the state will be able to fund those projects in 2023.

In addition, LWI will open a Round 2 funding opportunity for local and regional projects in January 2023. Eligible projects for the $100 million Round 2 funding opportunity must benefit low- to moderate-income populations and HUD-identified most impacted and distressed areas.  

Funding for the Design Support Program and Round 2 is part of the state’s Action Plan to spend $1.2 billion in federal Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds.

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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