The good news is that the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning a hurricane protection levee along the west bank of the Mississippi River from Plaquemines Parish through St. Charles to Donaldsonville.The bad news is that it won’t even be started until 2009. […]
In the never ending battle the parish faces against the forces of Mother Nature, the Pontchartrain Levee District is projecting a need to add to 3 pumps to the hurricane levee along the shores of the lake. […]
With hurricane season right around corner, levee construction and maintenance is at the forefront of concerns for St. Charles Parish residents. […]
The state and federal government will get more bang for their bucks by paying for coastal restoration, rather than building levees.Imagine building levees designed to protect populated areas from category five, or even category three, hurricanes in South Louisiana? […]
With hurricane season set to start June 1, St. Charles Parish President Albert Laque expressed extreme frustration in trying to complete a hurricane protection levee for the parish’s vulnerable southern flank, the west bank. […]
St. Charles Parish’s removal from the Pontchartrain Levee District and inclusion in the movement for levee consolidation in Governor Blanco’s special legislative session upset local Sen. Joel Chaisson, D-Destrehan.Originally, St. Charles Parish was not included in levee consolidation from Sen. Walter Boasso’s plan. […]
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