Citizens Against Government Waste says Little Calumet Project is a waste of taxpayer dollars

I was listening to the Roe Conn show today. During the 5:30 segment roe mentioned the latest CAGW "pig book" has been released. This book lists all the governmental "pork projects". The idea of this book is to reduce government and taxpayer waste. The first project that Roe talked about was the Little Calumet River Project. He said that the CAGW doesn't think federal money should be used to finish the project. When I got home, I had to read this report. The following is an expert about the project.

$20,422,414 for 11 projects by House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.),
including: $4,000,000 for Army Corps of Engineers construction in the
Calumet region; $2,000,000 for Army Corps of Engineers construction along
the Lake Michigan waterfront; $1,600,000 for Indiana shoreline erosion;
$1,450,000 for the small boat harbor on Burns Waterway; and $951,500 for the
Purdue Calumet Inland Water Institute.

So the CAGW doesn't really think that Northwest Indiana deserves this money. Did they not see the pictures. The entire area was devastated. Not only that, it was two years to the day that Highland and Griffith flooded. The Northwest Indiana times has an entire site devoted to the flood, which can be viewed here.

All of the Munster residents that lived near the river had flood damage. Some people lost stuff in their basements, where as other people lost everything. It honestly looked like New Orleans. Even 80/94 was shut down for several days. 80/94 isn't some small highway. It is one of the busiest interstate in the Midwest.

This is one project that is not government waste. The little calumet project has been going on long enough. 25 years have been spent trying to raise the levee from 12 feet to 18 feet. Luckily, the levee just outside my house was raised to 18 feet, otherwise it would have been a disaster.

If the CAGW thinks this project is waste. then let them have their basements flood. Lets see how much they like it when they have nothing. Lets see what happens when FEMA says there is nothing they can do. I completely disagree with CAGW assessment of this "pork" project.