The Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District has a design-build requirement for constructing floodproofing on up to 3,961 individual properties in the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Nonstructural Storm Risk Management Project.

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• The Project aims to provide hurricane and storm damage risk management in the southwest portion of the state. Given the area’s low elevation, flat terrain, and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Louisiana is at high risk of flooding from tidal surge and waves from hurricanes. Additionally, land subsidence, combined with sea-level rise, is expected to increase future potential for coastal flooding. The Project has nonstructural storm damage risk management measures in the form of approximately 3,500 residential home elevations and alternative floodproofing methods for 342 non-residential structures and 157 warehouses (Figure 1). This is one of several federally funded initiatives aimed at reducing the risk of damage to infrastructure and communities along the coastline of Louisiana. Rather than relying on structural solutions such as seawalls or coastline levees, the Project focuses on implementing nonstructural measures (i.e., property elevations, property levees, floodwalls, door dams, or other floodproofing measures) to mitigate the impacts of coastal hazards in the state. It is a collaborative effort involving Federal, state, and local government agencies.