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$5.5 million is chump change
 If Fifth District Levee Board President Reynold Minsky is correct, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will need some $700 million to repair the damage the high water of 2011 caused the mainline Mississippi River levee from Memphis to New Orleans.
That's a daunting figure, and what makes it more alarming is it doesn't include estimates to repair or improve the levee surrounding New Orleans or improvements or repairs to the levee north of Memphis to Iowa. Suffice it to say, all of it will be costly, and we're certain to hear the Corps will need the Congress to make a special appropriation to bring the mainline levee up to speed again. Hopefully the Congress won't tell the Corps to tread water, or make do with the money it has on hand.
While we wait to learn just how badly this year's high water damaged the mainline levee, the Fifth District Levee Board has a more pressing concern that needs to be addressed immediately by the state Legislature.
Before we go any further, let us recall that the Fifth District Levee Board is responsible for maintaining the mainline Mississippi River levee from 10 miles into Avoyelles Parish, north through Concordia Parish and onward to the Arkansas/Louisiana border in East Carroll Parish. That's 257 miles of levee that fall under the levee board's jurisdiction.For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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