Originally Published on February 8, 2024 by the Fort Worth Report
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, awarded an architect-engineer contract to Black and Veatch-GEI Joint Venture, totaling $4.5 million, to update the conceptual designs and perform the necessary physical and hydraulic modeling for three flood gates and one pump station in support of the Modified Central City Project. The flood gates will be closed during large system events to divert flood waters through the bypass channel.
Funds provided in the Fiscal Year 2023 Workplan from the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 are being used to progress the design of these features, to include a planned follow-on action to finalize the designs. These funds are part of the $423 million of total Federal funding the project has received over the last two years. The designs of the Trinity Point, Clear Fork, and TRWD Flood Gates and TRWD Pump Station add to the additional ongoing designs of the North Bypass Channel, South Bypass Channel, Rockwood Park Valley Storage, University Drive Valley Storage, and Oxbow Site E Valley Storage which are required to meet the critical path of the project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Program Manager, Kalli Egan, stated “The award of this contract meets another commitment made to progress the Modified Central City Project. Moving the designs of the gates and pump station forward will provide the integration needed for all operational aspects of the Bypass Channel to reduce flood risk to upstream Fort Worth neighborhoods.”
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