Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 1, 2005

Chambliss, Isakson Announce Georgia Funds
Included in Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Bill Includes Funds for Critical Brunswick Harbor Deepening Project

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today announced that the Senate version of the fiscal year 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations bill includes funding for several Georgia projects, including $19.1 million for the deepening of the Brunswick Harbor – a project that is critical to the future of the Brunswick Port and Georgia’s economy.

“By maintaining dams, lakes, waterways and our harbors, this bill makes a down payment on Georgia’s future,” Chambliss said. “By investing nationwide in our water resources, in nuclear research and energy independence, the water and energy appropriations bill seeks to maintain our nation’s future.”

"From shore protection to waterway navigation, this funding recognizes the importance of the Army Corps of Engineer projects to our nation and especially to Georgia," Isakson said. "I am especially pleased that this bill includes $19.1 million for the deepening of the Brunswick Harbor channel, a project that is critical to the Brunswick port and to the state’s economic future."

The funds for the Brunswick Harbor will be used to continue deepening the channel from 30 feet to 36 feet, allowing the Port of Brunswick to accommodate larger cargo carriers and attract new business. The deepening of the harbor, along with the completion two years ago of the Sidney Lanier Bridge over the harbor, is projected to bring $400 million annually in new sales, 1,000 new jobs and $15.8 million in additional tax revenue to Georgia.

The Senate version of the bill passed by a vote of 92-3. Both the House and the Senate versions of the bill will now go before Conference to be reconciled.

The bill also includes funds for the following projects:

Allatoona Lake	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$750,000
Augusta	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$200,000
Indian, Sugar, Entrenchment and Federal Prison Creeks	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$680,000
Long Island, Marsh and Johns Creeks	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$676,000
Savannah Harbor Ecosystem Restoration	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$400,000
Savannah Harbor Expansion	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$800,000
Tybee Island North Beach Shore Protection Project	Corps of Engineers- General Investigations	$250,000
Atlanta	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$2,000,000
Brunswick	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$19,100,000
Buford Powerhouse	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$5,812,000
Hartwell Lake Powerhouse	Corps of Engineers-General Construction	$733,000
Oate Creek, Richmond County	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$500,000
Tybee Island Shore	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$18,000
Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$1,300,000
Thurmond Lake Powerhouse	Corps of Engineers- General Construction	$5,700,000
Lake Allatoona	Corps of Engineers - Operation and Maintenance	$7,322,000
Apalachicola, Chattachoochee and Flint Rivers	Corp of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance (Dredging)	$6,500,000
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$286,000
Brunswick Harbor	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$2,396,000
Buford dam and Lake Sidney Lanier	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$5,519,000
Caters Dam and Lake	Corps of Engineers- Operations and Maintenance	$10,637,000
Hartwell Lake	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$16,619,000
Inspection of Completed Works	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$41,000
J Strom Thurmond Lake	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$11,047,000
Project Condition Surveys	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$90,000
Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$12,283,000
Savannah Harbor	Corps of Engineers - Operations and Maintenance	$13,521,000
West Point Dam and Lake	Corps of Engineers - Operations / Main.	$6,900,000.00

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