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3 Jun 2011
Temporary closure of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Inner Harbor Navigation Canal – Lake Borgne Surge Barrier to resume for one more week
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Shaw Group, the prime contractor on the Inner
1 Jun 2011
East Bank of Orleans Parish achieves 100-year level risk reduction
NEW ORLEANS – One week after metro New Orleans, defined as the area between the 17th Street Canal
1 Jun 2011
Corps Contracting Division wins Excellence in Contracting Award
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On May 12, 2011, the Contracting Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
31 May 2011
Corps completes Verret to Caernarvon floodwall in St. Bernard Parish
NEW ORLEANS – It took three million man hours, 300,000 cubic yards of concrete and 50 Eiffel towers
31 May 2011
Jefferson, St. Charles east bank achieve 100-year level of risk reduction
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Team New Orleans achieved another major Hurricane
28 May 2011
Bonnet Carre Spillway closed to recreation
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Safety is the Corps’ number one priority. This holiday weekend, U.S. Army Corps of
27 May 2011
Map monitoring website now online
http://deltas.usgs.gov/spillway/BonnetCarre2011.aspx NEW ORLEANS, LA – To provide access to data
27 May 2011
Corps installs two 95-ton sector gate leafs in Caernarvon Canal
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Team New Orleans, recently installed a 56-foot-wide
26 May 2011
Corps begins to close bays on Morganza Floodway
Corps begins to close bays on Morganza Floodway Based on reduced flows in the Mississippi River at
25 May 2011
Metro New Orleans achieves 100-year level risk reduction
NEW ORLEANS – One day after reaching the 100-year level risk reduction at the Inner Harbor