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Levee
Plans
Written by Katie Pesce
Researched by Team 4
Long
Term
Our long term plan is mainly one of
vigilance and adaptation
to new problems as they arise. In the past, the levees were built and
were not
taken care of; thus, they degraded and were not adequate to deal with
Katrina.
The most long-term part of our plan is our maintenance and monitoring
program
and our plan for governance of the levees explained above. Maintaining
the
levees religiously will provide a large amount of protection from
future floods.
Also, the Levee Governance Board is a flexible, powerful body that will
be able
to institute changes to the flood protection system if unforeseen
challenges or
problems come up.
Cost
We have divided our costs into 5 major categories.
|
Improvement/Repair |
Cost |
|
Sluice Gates Across |
$2.035 billion (Swenson Times-Picayune) |
|
Closing of MR-GO |
$1.47 billion (Dredged Material) |
|
Levee Repair and Construction |
$14.256 billion ($6000/linear foot) (USACE) |
|
Gates on |
$1.2 billion |
|
Monitoring by Differential Global Positioning System |
$1.5 billion |
|
Total: |
$25.166 billion |