Feb 20, 2014
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The 17th Street Canal breach during Hurricane Katrina. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)
In the terrible days after Katrina, the greatest challenge facing our citizens to rebuild our city was the need for enhanced flood protection - the levee system had failed. Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans was formed with a single focus to reform and consolidate levee boards in Southeast Louisiana. After gathering 53,000 signatures on a petition calling for levee board reform, after a special session of the Legislature and a constitutional amendment approved by 81 percent of voters, the goal of a unified non-political board of scientific experts with a single focus on flood protection was achieved.
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Source: Times-Picayune
New floodgates at the 17th Street Canal, the site of a major levee failure during Hurricane Katrina. (The Times-Picayune archive)
Garret Graves, speaking for Gov. Bobby Jindal, recently told the nominating committee for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East that the governor would refuse to approve the reappointment of John Barry and Tim Doody should the committee recommend either of them. Click here to learn more.
Source: Sandy Rosenthal / Times Picayune
Author John Barry gave a brief farewell speech Thursday to the flood board he has served on since 2007, anticipating his ouster by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration because of a lawsuit the board has filed against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies over the erosion of wetlands.
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Source: Kevin McGill / Associated Press
"What remains of coastal Louisiana is slipping into the Gulf of Mexico through a combination of direct removal, erosion, and submergence, sinking at the fastest rate of any coastal landscape on the planet." - Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority
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Source: Sabrina Canfield / Courthouse News Service