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  • Corps and Plaquemines Parish sign Project Partnership Agreement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District and Plaquemines Parish Government have signed a Project Partnership Agreement for construction of the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Program.

  • A Tribute to Veterans to be hosted at the Bonnet Carré Spillway

    Come join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District and the Bonnet Carré Spillway Radio Control Club in honoring our veterans on Saturday, May 30, at the Bonnet Carré Spillway. Veterans from the VA Veteran’s Home in Reserve, La., will be attending the event, which will feature a model airplane show and much more. All veterans are invited to attend, and are welcome to bring along their family and friends.

  • UPDATED: Lane shifts to occur on St. Charles Ave. while drainage construction takes place

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and its contractors will temporarily shift travel lanes on St. Charles Avenue for work related to the Southeast Louisiana Drainage Project (SELA).

  • Armoring to begin on Lake Pontchartrain levees

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites residents and businesses along Lake Pontchartrain to a public meeting to discuss an upcoming project that adds resiliency to the greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System lakeside levees.

  • Lane closure to occur on South Robertson Street

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and its contractor will temporarily close a section of S. Robertson St. at Napoleon Ave. for work related to the Southeast Louisiana Drainage Project (SELA).

  • Corps begins study for deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), New Orleans District intends to prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), integrated with a General Reevaluation Report, for the Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, General Reevaluation Study. The study will investigate deepening and maintaining the Mississippi River deep-draft navigation channel from the current depth of 45 feet to as much as 50 feet deep.

  • Lane shifts to occur on St. Charles Ave. while drainage construction takes place

    Lane shifts to occur on St. Charles Ave. while drainage construction takes placeWork requires

  • POSTPONED: A Tribute to Veterans to be hosted at the Bonnet Carré Spillway

    Come join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District and the Bonnet Carre Spillway Radio Control Club in honoring our veterans on Saturday, May 16 at the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Veterans from the VA Veteran’s Home in Reserve, LA will be attending the event, which will feature a model airplane show and much more. All veterans are invited to attend, and are welcome to bring along their family and friends.

  • Corps begins Phase II of Mississippi River levee project in Jefferson Parish

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began construction efforts on the second phase of the project to raise the East Bank Mississippi River levee in Jefferson Parish to its congressionally-authorized heights. This project is part of the Mississippi River and Tributaries project designed to provide flood damage risk reduction to residents and businesses of greater New Orleans.

  • STEP OUTSIDE Day slated for Saturday, May 9th

    The 11th Annual STEP OUTSIDE Day will take place Saturday, May 9th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area in the Atchafalaya Basin