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This photo shows flooding at the I-10/I-610 interchange and surrounding area of northwest New Orleans after the devestation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Despite spending $14 billion against flooding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the work is at risk of failure, which puts the region at risk of being disqualified from participating in the National Flood Insurance Program. Message file photo

New Orleans flood insurance coverage at risk

May 3, 2019

By Message Staff

NEW ORLEANS (LBM) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has declared that the $14 billion spent to fortify the Greater New Orleans area against flooding in the wake of devastation by Hurricane Katrina is at risk of failure, putting the region at risk of being disqualified from participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

In a “Notice of Intent” to prepare an environmental impact statement as part of a re-evaluation report, USACE stated the previous work it had completed to upgrade the levees, floodwalls, gates and pumps to reduce hurricane and storm damage risk at the “100-year level” was in peril in part due to weak soils and subsidence (sinking).

The statement said an “engineering analysis” indicated the measures previously taken could be for naught “as early as 2023 … absent future levee lifts.” At that point, USACE will notify FEMA of the loss of risk reduction, “which may result in the loss of accreditation required for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.”

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