The Sacramento region’s flood-control infrastructure got a fresh infusion of cash Tuesday, with the announcement of about $115 million in federal money for projects for Folsom Dam, the American River watershed and south Sacramento.

Under the money, part of the allocation for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2013 fiscal year work plan, the bulk, $98.8 million, will be spent on building an auxiliary spillway for Folsom Dam. Other projects include $2 million to raise the dam and $700,000 to improve flood protection around creeks and streams in south Sacramento County.

Though the funding also includes $13.5 million for American River watershed work, including design to support levees in Natomas and elsewhere, the region still has a bit longer wait for money to finish work on the Natomas basin, where a building moratorium over potential flood issues remains in place.

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