levees

Plaquemines To Start Cleaning Levees
BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) — Plaquemines Parish officials say a contract has been signed to begin removal of debris left behind by Hurricane Isaac from levees. The work will include Mississippi River levees and federal back levees. Crews are expected to begin work on both sides of the river starting Monday...
Levees Around New Orleans Prove Reliable
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seven years ago, the Army Corps of Engineers was desperately trying to plug breaches in the city's broken and busted levee system. Since those catastrophic days, the Army Corps has worked at breakneck speed to install new floodgates, pumps, floodwalls and levees across New Orleans...
Rapides Parish Police Jury To Accept Bids To Improve Levees
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — The Rapides Parish Police Jury has authorized taking bids on one of what should be many projects to improve levees on the Red River. The Town Talk reports Bayou Bouef Diversion Canal Improvements is an approximately $700,000 project designed to remove silt from the canal and allow for more water to be carried out of the river and taken south, where it can be used for i