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


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
 

 PROJECT 2 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


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




The USACE New Orleans Projects

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Videos on IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier


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Articles  on IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier


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Photos on IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier


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 Videos on Seabrook Floodgate


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 Articles on Seabrook Floodgate


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 Photos Seabrook Floodgate


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 Videos on 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex



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Photos on 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex


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  Articles on 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex

 

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