Harvey Canal (nola area) floodgate won't be ready on time

[pitohui]

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2006_06_22.html#154259

The Harvey Canal floodgate, a linchpin in the West Bank hurricane protection project designed to provide storm-surge protection to areas north of Lapalco Boulevard, will not be ready by the Aug. 1 deadline, surprising Jefferson Parish officials who have used the benchmark to quell residents’ fears about hurricane season.

Installation of the massive sector gates are on schedule, but a several-hundred-foot gap west of the structure won’t be ready, said Jackie Purrington, a project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers. The opening means water from a storm surge would simply flow around the concrete gates until it fills the north half of the canal and possibly spills over its banks.

surprised them did it, well, it don't surprise me, this IS the army corps of engineers we're talkin abt!

[snot]

1. surprise.

From what I hear from my New Orleans friends, the so-called "recovery" effort has simply been another bonanza of funds misspent on the politically connected.

E.g., I was told that an offer by one company to tow dead cars off for $100 per car was rejected in favor of a contract paying $1,000 per towed car.

[pitohui]

2. it didn't happen tho

the hoo hah was so great over the car towing scandal that, hey, they simply didn't tow the cars away at all!

seriously

supposedly it has FINALLY been resolved and they were supposed to FINALLY start towing the cars this week, we shall see

[snot]

3. Glad to hear it! nt