levees

St. Charles West Bank Levee Gets Final Approval

The Associated Press — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:57:16 +0000

The Army Corps of Engineers has approved the third and final phase of the St. Charles west bank hurricane levee, which means all three phases of the levee project have corps approval to move toward construction.

Funding Crisis Looms For $14 Billion Hurricane Protection System

Bob Marshall — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:27:25 +0000

Metro area residents probably know stories about consumers with big eyes and small wallets who become “house poor.” But in the years ahead they may become familiar with a new, more frightening term: “levee poor.”

Corps: Morganza Levee to Cost $12.9 Billion

The Associated Press — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000

The Army Corps of Engineers says a federal levee designed to protect Terrebonne Parish and parts of Lafourche Parish from storm flooding will cost $12.9 billion. State and local officials would have to come up with 35 percent, or up to $4.5 billion.

St. John urges corps on levee plan

The Associated Press — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:54:01 +0000

In the wake of major flooding during Hurricane Isaac, the St. John the Baptist Parish president is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up plans for levees.

Levees to be raised in two northeast Louisiana parishes

The Associated Press — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:07:25 +0000

Existing levees will be raised in two northeast Louisiana parishes starting in the next few weeks.

The levees held during the Mississippi River flood of 2011, but have settled gradually since being built in 1973.

Corps of Engineers: Problems in West Bank levee

CAIN BURDEAU | The Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:49:29 +0000

An Army Corps of Engineers report has found debris buried in a levee built after Hurricane Katrina.

The levee protects the densely populated suburban West Bank neighborhoods across the Mississippi River from the main portion of the city.