Alex Lubben
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Environment Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Environment reporter @NOLAnews. Formerly @VICENews, @columbiajourn Investigations, other places. also https://t.co/00xTSrDm10
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3 days ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
A federal project to replace the lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans has ballooned in cost — from under $1 billion to nearly $5 billion — as opposition builds among those who live nearby. The prior version of the plan, published in 2017, set the project’s budget at $951.3 million. The version released last week puts the cost at $4.69 billion, an increase the Corps says is due to eight years of inflation, new initiatives to reduce community impacts and minor engineering changes.
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4 days ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed repairs on corroded flood pumps at the ends of New Orleans’ outfall canals — just in time for hurricane season. The Corps completed a final test of Pump 1 at the London Avenue outfall canal on Friday, two days before the official start of storm season.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to abandon the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, once considered the cornerstone of Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts, may see the state revive an old project to replace it that his administration says will be cheaper, faster and more effective. Not everyone is convinced. The Mid-Barataria project is on life support after the Corps suspended a key permit for it.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
The New Orleans area flood protection authority failed to hold its scheduled meeting Wednesday after board president Roy Carubba said he had a scheduling conflict, leaving it without a quorum and unable to approve the agency’s hurricane plan days before the start of storm season. The board has been left with only five of nine members after four resigned in protest of changes pursued by Gov. Jeff Landry and unofficial adviser Shane Guidry.
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