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News Release Archive

1 Jul 2011
Corps completes outfall canal construction
Strengthened levees and floodwalls meet the new post-Hurricane Katrina design requirementsNEW
28 Jun 2011
Corps awards west bank St. Charles Parish contract
NEW ORLEANS -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $4.4 million contract to
27 Jun 2011
Corps awards west bank Jefferson Parish interior drainage contract
NEW ORLEANS -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract to make improvements to
24 Jun 2011
Draft report on LCA Barataria Basin Barrier Shoreline Restoration project
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The draft construction report and draft environmental impact statement, “Louisiana
20 Jun 2011
Corps closes final bays at Bonnet Carré Spillway
NEW ORLEANS— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began closing the final 20 bays
16 Jun 2011
Corps, Southern University, and State to begin Campus Road Project
BATON ROUGE, LA – On June 2, 2011, a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) was signed by the U.S. Army
15 Jun 2011
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at IHNC-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier to temporarily close
NEW ORLEANS – As part of ongoing construction of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC)-Lake
13 Jun 2011
Corps adjusts schedule of temporary West End Park Floodgate closure
NEW ORLEANS – Due to ongoing construction of the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk
10 Jun 2011
Corps to close bays at Bonnet Carré Spillway
NEW ORLEANS – Based on the reduced flows in the Mississippi River at Red River Landing, the U.S.
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