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November 4, 2009

$1B barrier will bring new development to New Orleans

  • But critics say the West Bank project is an example of the corps' flawed levee building policies.
    • By CAIN BURDEAU
    Associated Press Writer

    HARVEY, La. — Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay.

    The new flood protection is already having a potentially dangerous consequence, though: It's encouraging more people to move into another bowl-shaped area that experts consider perhaps the city's most vulnerable flank.


     
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