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Its operation began in January 2007. The Authority consists of two regional levee boards which oversee flood protection in the Greater New Orleans area on the east and west banks of the Mississippi River. Commissioners of both Authorities have clearly defined term limits.
New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams promised to address the city's history of prosecutorial and police misconduct when he was elected four years ago, but now he's facing an investigation ...
The project includes improvements to channels, canals, pump stations, and drainage lines, as well as the addition of a new pump station in Orleans Parish. As of 2002, seven contracts in Orleans Parish were complete, two were underway, and one had yet to be awarded. Other contracts were scheduled for award but limited by insufficient funding.
Williams (far right) during a New Orleans City Council meeting in August 2018. Williams is a member of the Democratic Party. [3] He served as the at-large Division 2 member of the New Orleans City Council from his swearing in on March 15, 2014 [4] [5] until his resignation on January 11, 2021, to assume his position as district attorney. The ...
In 2007, the New Orleans District hired a PR firm, Outreach Process Partners (OPP), allegedly to develop educational materials and set up public meetings that the Corps is required by law to hold in order to get feedback from residents about corps' projects. [32] [33] The total cost of the PR contract was $5,200,000. [34]
A new earthen levee has been constructed east of the closure complex and ties into the existing levees. Bayou Road has been realigned to provide access around the new levee on the protected side. Dredging of the Algiers Canal has been competed from the Belle Chasse Tunnel south to the confluence of the Harvey and Algiers canals, a distance of ...
The $30 million four-lane extension of West Boulevard opened Tuesday, signifying the next step in the mixed-use River District development.
St. Thomas Development was a notorious housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana.The project lay south of the Central City in the lower Garden District area. As defined by the City Planning Commission, its boundaries were Constance, St. Mary, Magazine Street and Felicity Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the south; and 1st, St. Thomas, and Chippewa Streets, plus Jackson Avenue to ...