http://140.194.100.31/news/ News - Top Stories iNews Publisher, developed by Expinion.net - RSS en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:57:23 GMT http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=544 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District will host a public meeting on February 8, 2012, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, to provide community members the opportunity to comment on long-term management of the K ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=545 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, will detour west bound travel lanes on Highway 90 beginning on Monday, Feb. 6 2012. The detour is necessary to accommodate ongoing construction of a bridge crossing over the floodw ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=543 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District will host a public meeting on February 8, 2012 to provide community members the opportunity to comment on long-term management of the Kenner and Kugler Cemeteries Archeologica ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=542 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – Flood fight inspections along the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers have ceased as water levels continue to drop. All permitted construction work near levees and floodwalls may resume. http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=541 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – After the monumental flood of 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division carefully inspected and completed damage assessments reports for all levees, channel improvements, navigation channels and structures asso ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=540 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA – The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 11 to discuss the construction status of the Bayou Segnette Floodgate Complex which reduces risk of storm surge inundation to resid ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=538 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Presidentially declared disaster areas along the Mississippi River will receive much needed repair funds under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act signed by President Obama on December 23. The Mississippi Valley Division will receive approximatel ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=539 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – A little more than a week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the first phase of flood fight procedures to monitor levees along the Mississippi River, rising water levels have now prompted the start of phase one inspections ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=537 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – Due to high river conditions, the Corps has activated the first phase of flood fight procedures to monitor levees along the Mississippi River. http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=536 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, will begin transitioning southbound travel lanes at the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway into the second detour phase beginning on Dec. 8. The lane shift, originally scheduled to occur ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=535 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority are hosting a ceremony, Friday, December 9th, to recognize the signing of the Louisiana Coastal Area 6 Design Agreement, whic ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=534 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA – The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 in Larose, LA to provide community members with an opportunity to give comments on the scope of a Draft Supplemental Envir ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=533 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced today that the transition of southbound travel lanes at the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has been postponed due to rain. The shift to one lane will take place later this we ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=532 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA – The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is proposing additional improvements be made to a portion of the West Bank & Vicinity and Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) levees, between English Tu rn and Oakville, LA. ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=531 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, will begin transitioning southbound travel lanes at the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway into the second detour phase beginni ng on Dec. 2. The lane shift is necessary to accommodate ong ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=530 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – Due to ongoing construction of a sector gate across Bayou Verret, the Pier 90 boat launch at Sellers Canal and Highway 90 is closed until January 2012. The closure is necessary to ensure public safety during construction. Recreational ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=529 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS—As a result of damages sustained during the 2011 Mississippi River high-water event, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its non-federal sponsor, the Pontchartrain Levee District, are repairing the levee at Duncan Point in East Baton Rou ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=528 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – Approval has been granted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District to re-align the federally-authorized navigation channel in the Lower Atchafalaya River to Crewboat Cut instead of the Horseshoe Bend reach. Crewboat C ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=527 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District (MVN) is hosting a Debris Industry Forum on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 to solicit feedback from industry on the proposed changes to the Advanced Contracting Initiative (ACI) Debris ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=526 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is hosting two public meetings on Oct. 13, 2011 to discuss continued construction activities at the Seabrook Floodgate Complex. http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=525 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District's continuing construction activities at the southern opening to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge will temporarily require motorists to travel at reduced speeds during non-peak ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=524 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – Because of ongoing construction, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with its partners at the City of New Orleans, the Orleans Levee District and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, will temporarily close Lakeshore ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=523 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract to construct the pump station for the Harahan Pump to River project on the east bank of Jefferson Parish. The project, which is part of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Dama ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=522 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District employee and New Orleans native Daryl Glorioso recently won the E. Manning Seltzer Award for his outstanding contributions to the legal services for the Greater New Orleans Hurr ... http://140.194.100.31/news/view.asp?ID=521 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT NEW ORLEANS -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract to provide increased drainage for the Uptown area. The contract includes canal improvements along Napoleon Avenue between South Claiborne and Carondelet Street. The project, ...