The levee system, built by the Army Corps of Engineers after Hurricane Katrina at a cost of $14.6 billion, represents the largest investment of its kind in the nation.
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In the case of Katrina, the construction of a massive regional surge barrier took place with unprecedented urgency in Louisiana. In the case of Sandy, New York.