NEW ORLEANS LEVEE SYSTEM:

Digging in the Dirt
"I have lived in the New Orleans metropolitan area for 61 years, and I can personally vouch for the fact that the levee system is better and stronger than it ever has been, and is getting stronger as every day goes by," Donelon said.
Oakland CA planner takes on New Orleans rebuild!
Oakland urban planner who sought leadership will head New Orleans Blakely was named executive director of recovery for the city of the New Orleans. the levee system in the Gulf Coast region to avert another such disaster.
The End of New Orleans?
Louisiana’s largest commercial insurance provider “plans to cancel all its commercial property policies in the New Orleans area next year,” citing the slow reconstruction of the levee system. A leading economic development official said
things take time
Spending time with my parents, all of us adults now, and learning new ways of dealing But all of us here in New Orleans right now, we're all hustling. Reason: "They cited the state of the rebuilding of our levee system as the
New Orleans levee work slows, spooking insurers
In New Orleans, the bulldozers have been parked. Trucks are idle. After an initial rush, the pace of levee work has downshifted dramatically as the the state of the region's levee system as the primary reason for their decision,
Repairs Falter in New Orleans
"They cited the state of the rebuilding of our levee system as the primary reason for their decision," Donelon said. It’s ironic that the Corps of Engineers, in trying to create a perfect protection system for New Orleans,
LA-2: It all starts with the levees
Congress should mandate the construction of a Category 5 levee system and corresponding flood control structures to ensure protection for all residents of metropolitan New Orleans. To move forward with the construction and
MEANWHILE IN NEW ORLEANS Well, this sucks. From the Times
said Anderson Baker, president of the New Orleans agency Gillis, "They cited the state of the rebuilding of our levee system as the primary reason But you can't run your business if it isn't insured -- if New Orleans' economy
LA-2: The 101st Hour
Congress should mandate the construction of a Category 5 levee system and corresponding flood control structures to ensure protection for all residents of metropolitan New Orleans. We are still at a point in New Orleans where cramped
A "Strategic Pause"
After those standards are reached, the corps must upgrade the system further, The corps has also scaled back plans to armor the levees against being An editorial in The New Orleans Times-Picayune described that cost-saving
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