The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District announced April 28th it awarded a contract for the construction of 1.8 miles in levee improvements to benefit St. John the Baptist and St. Charles Parishes. […]
St. Charles Parish is one step closer to a West Bank levee, as it was recently announced that that Lt. Gen. Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, approved the Chief’s Report for the Upper Barataria Basin Louisiana Feasibility Study. […]
A levee project that has been over 50 years in the making is finally a reality, as federal, state and local officials gathered on July 26 to break ground on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system. […]
A paved levee path in Montz that will complete the parish-to-parish connection between St. Charles and St. John the Baptist should be complete within the next 30 days. […]
More flood protection for St. Charles Parish could be on the way, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has re-designed and re-released the Upper Barataria Louisiana Feasibility Study. […]
536 more residences, 25 more businesses and 13 more public buildings in St. Charles Parish are now better protected from floods as construction has wrapped up on Luling’s Ellington Pump Station. […]
Although it doesn’t look like the forecast will call for opening the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun daily patrolling of levees along the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Venice. […]
Interested in learning what the proposed $514 million Upper Barataria levee project might mean for St. Charles Parish, nearly 100 people attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers meeting Tuesday on the project. […]
Although it’ll be 50-year storm height, St. Charles Parish may complete its long desired West Bank flood protection through a proposed $514 million Upper Barataria levee. […]
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