11 Mar 2020

Corps to host public meeting to present project updates for West Shore Lake Pontchartrain

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, will host a public meeting to present updates to the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project. The project will provide 100 year level risk reduction to the area extending from Bonnet Carrė spillway to Garyville.

8 Jan 2020

Contract awarded for stockpile work for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for excavating, processing, and stockpiling clay material at the Bonnet Carrė Spillway. This material will support the construction of approximately 17.5 miles of levee system that will provide 100 year level risk reduction to the area extending from Bonnet Carrė spillway to Garyville.

16 May 2019

Corps awards vegetation clearing contract for risk reduction project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District recently awarded the first of two vegetation and tree clearing contracts for work related to the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Risk Reduction Project (WSLP) in St. Charles, St. John and St. James parishes.

22 Feb 2019

Federal, state and local partnership agreement for West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Risk Reduction Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District; Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana; and Pontchartrain Levee District have signed the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Project Partnership Agreement for construction of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction features in St. Charles, St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes.