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Hurricane Home
LA Evacuation Maps

Borrow material for levees
Corps Disaster Mission
IPET (Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force)
LaCPR—Cat 5 study
News Releases
Coast Guard
port plan (click “Hurricane Info”)

Lock Status
Local Hurricane Structures
Realtime Gages
Tropical Storm Watch
Hurricane Levees
   (Levee Height &
    District Maps)
Hurricane Protection Projects
Hurricane Protection Glossary
Deployable Tactical Operations System
 
Corps Contacts
FEMA Offices
Federal Offices
State Offices
Parish Emergency Offices
Levee Districts
 
Driving Directions to
District Office
Lafayette Office
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Plaquemines Parish
New Orleans to Venice
Existing Grade Hurricane Protection Levee & Floodwall Heights
New Orleans to Venice levee heights map.

Contact
General Information
504-862-2201
askthecorps@usace.army.mil

Page last updated: April 15, 2005


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  Structures

The following list of structures were built by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. However, these structures are locally maintained and operated.

Structure Location Phone Number
Bayou Bienvenue
Control Structure
Orleans Levee District 504-243-4000
Bayou Dupre
Control Structure
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District 504-682-5941
Empire Floodgate Plaquemines Parish 504-682-0081
Golden Meadow Floodgate South Lafourche Levee District 985-632-7554
Larose Floodgate South Lafourche Levee District 985-632-7554
The locks below are operated by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, 
and were not built by the Corps of Engineers. If no one answers, call 504-437-3102. The locks 
are in lower Plaquemines Parish.
Structure Location Phone Number
Empire Lock                      La. Dept. of Transportation            985-657-7309
Ostrica Lock La. Dept. of Transportation 985-657-7309

  Mariners are advised to seek safe harbor as soon as possible.

  Page last updated:  April 15, 2005

Contact
General Information
504-862-2201
askthecorps@usace.army.mil


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