narragansett bay area, rhode island and massachusetts

narragansett bay area, rhode island and massachusetts The project for hurricane-flood protection in the Narragansett Bay area, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 230, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated Federal cost of $11,550,000: Provided, That in lieu of the local cooperation recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 230, Eighty-fifth Congress, local interests (a) contribute 30 per centum of the first cost of the project, said 30 per centum being presently estimated at $4,950,000, including the value of lands, easements, and rights-of-way; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works; and (c) maintain and operate the improvements after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $24,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Connecticut River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress, and such comprehensive plan is hereby modified to include the construction of the Littleville Reservoir on the Middle Branch of Westfield River, Massachusetts, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 17, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,090,000. The project for the Mad River Dam and Reservoir on the Mad River above Winsted, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 137, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,430,000.