Cajun Constructors has been awarded an $8.3 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a flood protection closure structure at a Union Pacific railroad crossing in St. Charles Parish. The approximately nine-month contract calls for Baton Rouge-based Cajun to install a new swing gate across the railroad, as well as a ramp at La. Highway 18. The work is part of the Western Tie-In, a hurricane and storm damage risk reduction project that consists of approximately 4.5 miles of levees and floodwalls along the Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Canal and Outer Cataouatche Canal, as well as a navigable closure structure across Bayou Verret, an elevated crossing at U.S. 90, two railroad gates and a second highway crossing that ties into the Mississippi River Levee. The total construction value of the WTI project is an estimated $140 million.
Cajun gets $8.3 million Corps contract
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