LeveesOrg Hosts Levee Disaster Bike Tour
On Sunday May 6, Levees.org will launch its first Levee Disaster Bike Tour. The 90-minute tour starts at the City Park Boat and Bike Rentals at Big Lake Trail. We leave at 9 a.m. and taking safe, marked biking routes, we will bike to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) and hear a [...]
Reaching an impasse, Levees.org fast-tracks quest to list levee breach sites historic
The Army Corps of Engineers has failed to respond to a request for comments on Levees.org’s nomination of two major levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. That failure to provide technical comments within the required time frame has created an impasse in the nomination process. For this reason, Levees.org will exercise its right [...]
Corps of Engineers’ review of Levees.org’s nomination of levee breaches to historic register is complete
UPDATE: Ms. Pam Breaux, the Louisiana Historic Preservation Officer has conferred with Levees.org on the next steps for our nomination. Ms. Breaux will release a statement later today. Levees.org will speak to the press after Ms. Breaux’s statement is made public. Update – April 10, 2012 14:51 CST ——– In February 2012, the Corps of [...]
