USACE awards $10.8 million contract to complete Hamilton City levee improvements

USACE Sacramento District
Published May 20, 2021
Map showing phases of work for the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project.

Phases of work for the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project.

SACRAMENTO, California -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $10.8 million construction contract to James Fisher Jr. Excavating of Willows on May 14 to complete levee improvements in Hamilton City.

Construction on the remaining 1.25-mile-long section of setback levee for the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project will begin immediately, and work is scheduled to be complete by this November, closing out nearly 7 miles of levee improvements.

This final stretch of levee will be constructed from just south of the Irvine Finch Recreation Area boat ramp to approximately Dunning Slough.

“This is an important project and the finish line is in sight,” said project manager Margaret Engesser. “Once this final levee segment is completed, Hamilton City will have the benefit of a modern engineered levee system that should serve the community for years to come.”

The multi-purpose project’s new setback levee will not only provide improved flood risk management and greater levee stability by widening the river channel during high water events but will also help reconnect and restore approximately 1,300 acres of native habitat between the levee and the Sacramento River.  

The restoration work is being completed in two phases.

The first phase of restoration, comprised 900 acres of native plantings at the southern end of the project, was installed over the course of three years and completed in December 2020. The planting of another 400 acres of ecosystem restoration work is scheduled to begin in 2023. The completed ecosystem restoration work will provide federal and state-listed species an opportunity to recover and stabilize their populations in the area.

Hamilton City is located approximately 90 miles north of Sacramento and sits in a low-lying area along a bend in the Sacramento River. USACE is completing the multi-purpose Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in partnership with Reclamation District 2140, which will own and maintain the upgraded levee system.  


Contact
Tyler Stalker
916-557-5107
tyler.m.stalker@usace.army.mil

Release no. 21-006