Project Location
This project is located throughout the City of New Orleans and the Parish of Jefferson, on both the east and west banks of the Mississippi River.
Project Description
This project involves multiple measures to reduces damages due to rainfall flooding in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, and St. Tammany parishes, including increases in pump station capacity and improvements in surface and sub-surface drainage features.
Issue Addressed
The purpose of the projects, as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering's Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) is to reduce the potential for damage to persons and property due to flooding as a result of a hurricane or other major storm event.
Project Goals
This project reduces damages due to rainfall flooding in Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany parishes through increases in pump station capacity, and improvements in surface and sub-surface drainage features.
Verify Date
1/12/2021