RECOVERY--Y--Project Number 107218001490, FC/MR&T, Yazoo River Basin, Big Sunflower River, Washington County, Mississippi, Steele Bayou Item 66B, Channel Relocation, Phase 2

This contract, awarded by the Department of Defense through the Endist Vicksburg office, involves the Phase 2 channel relocation of Steele Bayou Item 66-B. Located within the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge in Washington County, Mississippi, the project requires the contractor to provide all necessary plant, labor, materials, and equipment to execute extensive civil works. Key deliverables include the excavation of 1.72 linear miles of new channel, the construction of 3,800 linear feet of new levee, and the raising of 3.6 linear miles of existing earthen dikes and levees. Additional scope of work includes the relocation of 1,476 linear feet of a county gravel road, the installation of corrugated metal pipe, and the management of two major and three minor stream closures. The project also encompasses clearing and grubbing, the realignment of various ditches and small streams, the establishment of new turf, and the implementation of storm water pollution prevention and environmental protection measures. This effort is part of the broader Yazoo River Basin and Big Sunflower River infrastructure improvements.