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The Army Corps of Engineers held a public meeting to discuss a new project that will add fabric matting and natural grasses to the top of the levees along…
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The Pentagon says three Louisiana companies have contracts worth up to $200 million in total to armor levees in the New Orleans area.The Pentagon says Bis…
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The nominating committee for the South East Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East has made its selection to fill a slot on the levee board. They...
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The US Army Corps of Engineers says there is no major threat from debris found inside the 17th Street Canal levee.Corps critics aren’t so sure.Chunks of…
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Each month Richard Campanella explores an aspect of New Orleans’ geography. His Cityscapes column for Nola.com and The Times-Picayune shines a light on…
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The 2014 hurricane season has started, and New Orleans metro area residents are living behind a new, $14.5 billion storm surge system acknowledged as the…
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This week on Le Show, Harry follows-up with John Barry about the Louisiana levees. He also brings more News of AfPAC, Karzai Talk, News of the Olympic…
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The idea that grass can armor anything is hard to believe.But on a recent visit to the Lake Pontchartrain levee, LSU agronomist Jeff Beasley explained how…
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Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has a new flood protection system — $14 billion of levees, pumps and flood gates built by the Army Corps…
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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…