A series of levees, floodwalls and pump stations outside New Orleans, designed to reduce storm and hurricane damage, is to cost $1.27 billion more to complete than originally planned.
West Shore Levee Project now estimated to cost $3.7 billion, Corps of Engineers reports - L'Observateur lobservateur.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lobservateur.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The total cost to complete the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain hurricane levee system west of New Orleans and keep it at proper heights over the next 50 years has nearly