MATSUI SECURES NEARLY $74 MILLION IN FLOOD PROTECTION FUNDING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) announced nearly $74 million in continued federal funding for Sacramento region flood protection infrastructure through the American River Common Features 2016 project.

“Protecting our region from flood risk continues to be a top priority of mine, and today’s announcement is another important step forward to bolster our flood protection system for our region’s families,” said Congresswoman Matsui. “These funds will help us continue to develop a holistic, system wide approach to ensure that all our levees, dams and bypasses are built to withstand more extreme weather patterns. The threats of the climate crisis will only manifest themselves in ever more frequent and destructive episodes. I look forward to continuing my work to ensure that we aggressively invest in this vital infrastructure.”

The $73,863,110 of funding will be used to place rock revetments on the Sacramento River’s East Bank Levee between the American River and the community of Freeport to address and prevent erosion. This work is part of the American River Common Features 2016 project – a nearly $1.8 billion project that Congress authorized in 2016 that includes 13 miles of seepage cutoff walls, 21 miles of bank protection, 5 miles of levee stabilization, 5 miles of levee raises and widening the Sacramento Weir and bypass.

This latest allotment of funding builds upon the billions of dollars Congresswoman Matsui has secured for the Sacramento region’s flood protection. Congresswoman Matsui has long led efforts to secure funding for the Folsom Dam, including more the $500 million for the Joint Federal Project to construct the Dam’s auxiliary spillway. She has continued to be a strong advocate for the Folsom Dam Raise project, which continues to move ahead as a key piece of the comprehensive American River Watershed system.

In 2022, Congresswoman Matsui secured over $285 million of funding through the FY 22 appropriations bill and over $38 million more through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. She was also able to secure the critically important “New Start” designation to allow the groundbreaking of the West Sacramento Project, which provides full flood protection for West Sacramento’s ~54,000 residents.

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