The Heat is On Over Governor Landry’s Plans for the CPRA
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed 157 projects, benefiting 55,000 acres of coastal wetlands, improving 370 miles of levees and constructing 70 miles of barrier islands. Now, we feel like its success may be in jeopardy, with the governor’s suggestion to move the flood protection functions currently housed at CPRA under the […]
Levees.org says NO to Governor Landry’s plan for the CPRA
One of Louisiana Governor Landry’s first items on his agenda was to alter the structure of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The CPRA was created after the levees broke to act as a single state agency to work with the Army Corps of Engineers on flood protection for New Orleans and the Louisiana […]
Levees.org provides comment on Jefferson water main break
Recently, H.J. Bosworth, Jr., P.E., lead researcher for Levees.org spoke to WWL Radio in New Orleans. Bosworth was tapped to provide expert commentary on the two water main breaks this past week. One of them knocked out water for the east bank of Jefferson Parish. The other created problems for residents in Lafourche Parish.
