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The Kansas Citys Levees project broke ground last week at the Central Industrial District Levee Unit, marking the levee raising phase start of the $529 million project, set to raise over 17 miles of existing levees and floodwalls up five feet. ....
May 26, 2021 By Waterways Journal After completing the design phase three years earlier than planned, the Kansas City Engineer District has awarded the fourth and final construction contract to improve the Kansas City Levees System to the Lane Construction Company of Cheshire, Conn. The $257.7 million construction contract, including $38.8 million of future options, will complete 17 miles of levee and floodwall improvements to the Argentine, Armourdale and Central Industrial District Levee Units along the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri. The project requires more than 1 million cubic yards of earthwork, nearly 25,000 feet of new concrete floodwall, 120 new relief wells, replacement of 12 high-traffic railroad closure structures, improvements to nearly 40 drainage structures and modifications to more than 175 existing utilities. Construction is anticipated to begin this summer and be comple ....