DESCRIPTION: Flooding on the Byram River primarily affects the Town of Greenwich, just south of the constructed project of levees at Pemberwick. The study area has been subjected to repeated, severe flooding from high precipitation events, with the largest events being the storms of October 1955, June 1972, September 1975, and April 2007. A large number of structures were affected by flooding; the majority of structures impacted by the floods are single-family residential structures located in the Pemberwick neighborhood of the Town of Greenwich, CT. There are also minor tidally induced flood damages at the lower end of the Byram River within the Village of Port Chester, Westchester County, New York. Though the Byram River Study is a fluvial flood risk management study, but it did consider the coastal-fluvial relationship while formulating to reduce the risk of fluvial flooding events.
AUTHORIZATION: The study was authorized by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Docket Number 2779, dated May 2, 2007. The project is authorized for construction in Section 401 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020
STATUS: A Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement was completed in January 2020, and the Chief's Report was approved on May 7, 2020. The Alternative 5a - removal and replacement of the Rt. 1 Bridges plan has the maximum net benefits and is the Recommended Plan. The project is authorized for construction in Section 401 WRDA 2020. The project is included in the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act (DRSAA) 2022 for $5,470,00 for Pre-construction Engineering & Design (PED) phase and $35,000,000 for construction phase. The Design Agreement to start the PED phase was executed in April 2023 with Town of Greenwich. The PED is 100% Federally funded using DRSAA funds.
PED COST
Estimated Federal Cost (100%) $5,470,000
Estimated Non-Federal Cost $0
Total $5,470,000
CONTACT:
Rifat Salim
Project Manager
P: (917)790-8215
Email: rifat.salim@usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Programs and Project Management Division
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278-0090
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NY-17, CT-4