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Miami, FL – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fairly consider Florida’s critical water projects in their fiscal year 2018 Work Plan.
The full text of the letter is below:
Dear Assistant Secretary James:
The State of Florida is blessed with important freshwater and coastal resources, and a robust economy that is buoyed by tourism and water-borne trade and navigation. As a result, Floridians depend on the efforts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), often in partnership with non-federal interests, to study, design, construct, maintain, and operate key water resources infrastructure. These projects prevent flooding in our communities, protect vital drinking water and irrigation sources, bolster economic growth and prosperity, and conserve and restore unique aquatic ecosystems in our state, including America’s Everglades.
As you finalize the planning and selection process for the FY18 Work Plan following passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, it is critical that all proposed and ongoing Florida projects receive your full and fair consideration while taking into account each project’s value to the local community, our state, and to our nation as a whole. I look forward to working with your office, USACE Headquarters, South Atlantic Division, and Jacksonville and Mobile District offices, to provide sufficient resources to fund feasibility studies, preconstruction engineering and design (PED) work, and construction, as warranted. Our joint mission must be to ensure that the following Congressionally-authorized projects achieve measurable progress in FY18 towards completion:
Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) projects are especially critical to supporting local communities that may not otherwise have the means to complete water resources infrastructure projects on their own, or are not able to compete with larger national projects. I fully support the following proposed and ongoing CAP projects:
I also support the allocation of all necessary Operation and Maintenance funding in the FY18 Work Plan for the following projects:
Once again, thank you for your continued efforts in support of these essential water resources infrastructure projects and the USACE’s ongoing critical partnerships with non-federal interests in Florida.
Sincerely,