24 Oct 2024

Federal, state, and local officials break ground on Morganza to the Gulf Reach A Levee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to celebrate the beginning of Federal levee construction for the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Storm Risk Reduction System, Reach A.

17 Oct 2024

Canal closure for floodwall and levee crossing for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, will permanently restrict travel down the full length of the canal at contract 106 to any marine traffic starting on October 21, 2024, as part of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project. The projects levee and floodwall alignment will prevent traffic from traversing the canal located between east and west bound lanes of I-10 near mile marker 203 in St. John the Baptist Parish.

16 Oct 2024

Federal, state, and local officials break ground on Southwest Louisiana Coastal Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to celebrate the start of the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project. This project will deliver a non-structural approach to providing a 1-percent level of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, primarily through a combination of elevating or floodproofing approximately 4,000 homes and businesses and undertaking much-needed coastal ecosystem restoration in the southwest portion of the state.

26 Sep 2024

Contract awarded for option work within levee contract 103 of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently exercised option work 2 within contract 103 of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. The option work is to include construction of pre-load areas at Frenier Road.

26 Sep 2024

Contract awarded for levee work and pipeline crossing floodwall for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the tenth levee reach and a pipeline crossing floodwall on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. WSLP contract 109 will construct approximately 1 mile of the 18.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area primarily in St. John the Baptist, St. James, and St. Charles Parish.

23 Sep 2024

Contract awarded for drainage structure work for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing two major drainage structures for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. WSLP contract 114a will construct drainage structures at Hope Canal and Prescott Canal, which will be key features to ensure that the 18.5-mile-long levee system has effective drainage and can provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area primarily in St. John the Baptist, St. James and St. Charles Parish.

16 Sep 2024

USACE awards contract for Mississippi River Levees (MRL) project in Harvey, La.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for constructing a floodwall in Harvey, La.

16 Sep 2024

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 Mexico.

– 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 Mexico.

29 Aug 2024

Virtual public updates scheduled for Mississippi River study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has scheduled a virtual public update meeting for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, at 2 p.m.

29 Aug 2024

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 Mexico.