Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections
NEW ORLEANS — — Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completedThe 130-mile ring is designed to hold out storm surge of about 30 feet around New Orleans and suburbs in three parishes.
Louisiana will pay $1.1 billion, the governor's office said in an email Friday. It did not say whether that includes interest.could protect against a storm with a 1% chance of occurring in any given year, according to the Corps. “We know that eventually we will face a surge greater than the 1-percent elevations so we designed the HSDRRS to be overtopped,” Col. Stephen Murphy, commander of the Corps' New Orleans District, said in a news release. “With all of the armoring now in place, this system enters the 2022 Hurricane Season stronger than it has ever been.”The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate noted.