Water Control

The authorized Morganza to the Gulf (MTG) project is a hurricane and storm damage risk reduction (HSDRR) project involving a 98-mile alignment of earthen levees, floodgates, environmental water control structures, road/railroad gates, and fronting protection for existing pump stations.
The West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project is located in southeast Louisiana on the east-bank of the Mississippi River in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James parishes in southeast Louisiana. The West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Chief’s report was signed in June 2015 and the project was fully funded for design and construction in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. 100-year storm surge risk reduction will be achieved by a variety of structural and non-structural features including construction of over 18 miles of levees and floodwalls and two new 2,000 cfs pump stations. While these features will reduce risk from storm surge associated with tropical events, they do not specifically reduce risk of flooding from significant rainfall.

Latest News

Contract awarded for Clearing and Snagging of 3 Bayous as part of the Comite River Diversion project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for clearing and grubbing White, Cypress and Bayou Baton Rouge Bayous as part of the Comite River Diversion project.
Published: 9/30/2025

USACE New Orleans District begins constructing underwater sill in Mississippi River to arrest saltwater progression

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began construction of an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of America.
Published: 9/30/2025

Contract awarded for Brooks Lake Closure Structure and Guide Levee as part of the Comite River Diversion project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing a segment of the Comite River Diversion project. The Brooks Lake Closure Structure and Guide Levee contract will construct approximately 3,350 linear feet of the diversion.
Published: 9/29/2025

USACE awards contract for SELA 26.1a: Widening of Florida Avenue Canal Phase IV, St. Ferdinand Street to Peoples Avenue, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded the SELA 26.1a contract on September 26, 2025, in the amount of $51,547,144.00 to M.R. Pittman Group, LLC of St. Rose, Louisiana.
Published: 9/29/2025

USACE to construct underwater sill to arrest saltwater progression into Mississippi River

The operational trigger has been met for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of America.
Published: 9/19/2025

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