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Ford Proposes Corps Projects for 1978 Budget
President Ford requests funding for Army Corps of Engineers water projects across the South for fiscal year 1978. The list includes multiple dams, locks, navigation channels, flood control and beach erosion plans across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and nearby states with total outlays ranging from hundreds of thousands to over 30 million dollars. Significant items include Bayou Bodeau flood control, Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans flood control, and the TVA styled multi purpose dam and lake constructions in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Army Corps of Engineers
South
DeGray Lake
McClellan-Kerr
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Norfolk Lake
Quachita
Black River
Louisiana
Posten Bayou
Red River
Denison Dam
Texas
Village Creek
Jackson
Lawrence Counties
Big South Fork National River and Recreation
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carr Fork Lake
Cave Run Lake
Dayton
Laurel River
Martins Fork Lake
Paintsville Lake
Jefferson County
Taylorsville Lake
Tug Fork Valley
Virginia
West Virginia
Wolf Creek
Cumberland
Yatesville
Atchafalaya
Bayous Chene
Boeuf Black
Bayou Bodeau
Lake Pontchartrain
Larose
Golden Meadow
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
Aquilla Lake
Aubrey Lake
Big Spring
Carl L. Estes
Clear Creek
Clapton Crossing
Cooper Lake
Channels
Corpus Christi Ship Channel
el Paso
Freeport
Greenville
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Chocolate Bayou
Highland Bayou
Lakeview Lake
Lavon
San Gabriel River
Texas City
Texas City Channel Industrial Co