The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $1.8 million contract for critical repairs to the Omaha Flood Protection Project. This work will address damages to the project caused by the Flood of 2011 and includes erosion and structure repairs, silt removal, and other projects.

The Corps expects the work to be completed by the end of the month.

Officials say in-house geotechnical investigations will be conducted along the Omaha Flood Protection Project to determine what additional work may be needed.

Follow-on repairs that have already been identified include rehabilitation at the Homer Diversion, landside repair at the Riverview pump station and pump station repairs at Hickory Street, Jones Street and Grover Diversion. These repairs, while important, don’t represent as great a life safety risk as the critical repairs and are scheduled to begin in the fall of 2012.

The contract was awarded to SDIC Contractors of Honolulu, Hawaii.