AUTHORIZATION:  The project was authorized in 1981 by Public Law 97-128 as amended by the Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA) of 1986 and 1999 and the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act (E&WDAA), FY 2004.

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Location and Description:  The Valley Park project is located in St. Louis County, Missouri, adjacent to the left descending bank of the Meramec River at river mile 21 above the confluence with the Mississippi River. The project includes 3.2 miles of levee with 3 feet of freeboard above the 100-year flood profile, 6 gravity drains, 3 closure structures, 5 detention areas, 41 relief wells, environmental mitigation and recreation features. Three additional flood risk management features are needed to correct problems that became apparent during the March 2008 flood and in 2009, creek bank erosion which threatens the levee, seepage into the protected area through a large railroad embankment, and erosion of the levee toe along the east flank near Kena Street.

Activities in FY 2010 ($993k)
- Complete P&S and construction for Fishpot Creek bank protection
- Initiate design for railroad embankment seepage controls

Local Sponsor:  City of Valley Park, Missouri.