The New Orleans Flood Defenses: After Katrina The Strongest Flood Defenses in the United States.

THE NEW ORLEANS DEFENSES: STRONGEST FLOOD CONTROLS IN AMERICA 

The Best and Highest Flood Controls in the Nation. 

NEW ORLEANS THE STRONGEST IN 

AMERICA IN FLOOD DEFENSES. 

 

  New Orleans and American Engineering

NEW ORLEANS

Vast Defenses Now Shielding New Orleans

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/us/vast-defenses-now-shielding-new-orleans.html

Flood control in the New Orleans metropolitan area

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Flood_control_in_the_New_Orleans_metropolitan_area

NEW ORLEANS THREE MAJOR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS FINISHED IN 7 YEAR PERIOD Construction Period: 2008 - 2014

(Hurricane Katrina occurred in August 2005) AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 

SUCCESSFULLY INVESTING IN HARD ENGINEERING PROJECTS TO STOP STORM SURGE FLOODING. 

ONLY YEARS TO COMPLETE  

 PROJECT 1 IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHNC_Lake_Borgne_Surge_Barrier

 

 PROJECT 2 Seabrook Floodgate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabrook_Floodgate

Upgraded metro New Orleans levees will greatly reduce flooding, even in 500-year storms

https://www.nola.com/news/weather/upgraded-metro-new-orleans-levees-will-greatly-reduce-flooding-even-in-500-year-storms/article_856623d2-1589-5a8c-b9a5-a1aa1c08812c.html#:~:text=The%20Times%2DPicayune-,Upgraded%20metro%20New%20Orleans%20levees%20will%20greatly%20reduce,even%20in%20500%2Dyear%20storms

 PROJECT 3

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex Completed 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Intracoastal_Waterway_West_Closure_Complex

New Orleans Hurricane Defenses and American Engineering  

U.S. Civil Engineers Bent the Rules to Give New Orleans Extra Protection from Hurricanes. Those Adjustments Might Have Saved the City During Ida

https://time.com/6094221/hurricane-ida-engineering-protection/

The USACE New Orleans Projects	Link
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