•   This is a multi-year construction job. The number of jobs will vary with the seasons, weather conditions, phase of construction, and times when

     there are restrictions on river access.

•   To date, Suulutaaq has hired over 60 subcontractors,  service providers, and vendors.

•   The overwhelming majority of the contract funds are being spent on services, supplies and labor from an area within 60 miles of Napa.

•   There are over 40 people on site now.

•   Over the next two years, the project will directly employ several hundred people and affect another one hundred people indirectly.

•   Suulutaaq estimates that the project will spend over $40 million within a 35 mile radius of Napa, over $50 million within 60 miles of Napa.

Suulutaaq is performing 44% of the total work effort – a far larger percentage than is usual for the general contractor or the 15% required by Federal law.

Suulutaaq’s responsibilities include project management, raising three street crossings, raising tracks, building floodwall for business, and relocating underground utilities, along with a host of other tasks.

 

Suulutaaq has a very successful track record of hiring and training local individuals and employing qualified local subcontractors.  Suulutaaq’s local hiring practice provides current and future benefits to the Napa community.  Project money is reinvested back into the Napa community and the local hires receive technical training and management skills which benefit them and the community long after a project's completion.  This provides a win-win situation for the Napa community and the contractor.

Key Facts About This Project’s Contribution to Napa Flood Control:

It is not possible to implement the overall flood protection plan without performing the work contained
in this phase of the project.

          This project is far larger and more complex than building two railroad bridges (see About section):

•   Raises 3300 linear feet of rail track

•   Constructs higher crossings at three main streets

•   Builds floodwall to protect business

•   Reconstructs streets and sidewalks including construction of retaining walls,

     stairs and ramps

•   Reconstructs private driveways and sidewalks; relocates underground utilities

     including domestic water, sewer, storm drain and electric; constructs new storm

     drain facilities and street lighting

•   Builds temporary pedestrian ramps and walkways

•   Builds two new bridges higher than the 100 year flood levels

Elimination of Property Damage and Loss of Life

• Napa is California’s highest repetitive loss community.

• The overall plan will protect over 2700 homes, 350 businesses, and more than 50 public properties from the 100-year flood event on the Napa River and its main tributary,  the Napa Creek.
• Damages from the 1986 and 2005 floods totaled over $215 million.
  

• One billion dollars in damages will be saved over the useful life of the Project. 
  

The benefits of the Project include reducing or elimination of loss of life, property damage, cleanup costs, community disruption, unemployment and lost business revenue which traditionally accompany floods, and the need for flood insurance.Since approval of the Project, there has been approximately $400 million in private development investment in Downtown Napa.

Significant Economic Improvements

• Will likely eliminate the high cost of flood insurance for businesses and residences
• The Project has created an economic renaissance in downtown Napa

Other key objectives

• The total completed Project improves water quality, creating hundreds of acres of urban wetlands and enhance and restore wildlife habitats in an area that adjoins the San Francisco Bay Watershed, a waterbody of national significance.

• In addition, upon completion, the Project provides improved health and safety by increasing access to urban areas of Napa such as the recreation of recreation trails, property value enhancement and continual tourist income during flood events.