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The ‘Great Wall of Louisiana’ Is Complete – Biz New Orleans
Getty ImagesNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Military Corps of Engineers has accomplished an intensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and different protections. The 130-mile (210-kilometer) ring is designed to carry out storm surge of about 30 ft (9 meters) round New Orleans and suburbs in three parishes. It’s “the most important civil works undertaking…