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PRESS ADVISORY: NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is seeking a contractor(s) to help implement a $33 million Community Impact Mitigation Plan. The mitigation plan is part of the $568 million replacement of the obsolete navigation lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans. Construction is to begin this fall on the 10- to 12-year project. The successful contractor(s) will take the lead in establishing a community-based Mitigation Committee and develop a needs assessment. This process will identify projects for mitigation. One project, however, is already being initiated, job training, to identify and train people from the community for the 950-member construction work force. The mitigation contractor(s) will be selected on a best-value basis, as explained in the Request for Proposals which will become available April 21. The contractor(s) will not be paid out of the $33 million mitigation fund. A Public Notice will be published in New Orleans area newspapers. Publication in The Times-Picayune (Metro section) will begin Sunday. The Public Notice will also be published in the Louisiana Weekly, April 12, and the New Orleans Tribune, April 1999 edition. (END) Also visit these other New Orleans Links: |