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World's largest pump station will open for tours Thursday, Saturday
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 10/14/15 | Andrea Shaw, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Posted on 10/14/2015 2:02:51 PM PDT by BBell

The world's largest drainage pump station will be open to the public Thursday (Oct. 15) and Saturday (Oct. 17) for the first time in its four-year history. Tours of the $1.1 billion West Closure Complex in Plaquemines Parish will be conducted by the West Bank levee authority to educate residents about the area's hurricane protection system in advance of a tax election in November.

On Nov. 21, West Jefferson residents will be asked to consider a 5.5-mill tax increase that would raise an additional $5 million a year. Algiers voters will be asked to renew a 6.35-mill tax for 30 years that brings in $1.2 million annually.

The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West has said the taxes are needed to pay for maintenance of nearly 80 miles of levees, floodgates and floodwalls, the mammoth pump station and work required to maintain federal certification.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: plaqueminesparish; pumpstation; westjefferson
pictures at link.

I will try to go and check out this beast.

1 posted on 10/14/2015 2:02:51 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

Does this pump into Lake Posi-Traction?


2 posted on 10/14/2015 2:06:52 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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Will there be terrorists on the tour?


3 posted on 10/14/2015 2:42:19 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: headstamp 2
It dumps to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.


4 posted on 10/14/2015 2:49:46 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Thank you. Cool pictures where did you get them?


5 posted on 10/14/2015 3:06:25 PM PDT by BBell
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To: headstamp 2

This thing appears to be south of New Orleans and the Mississipi, your lake is north.


6 posted on 10/14/2015 4:42:18 PM PDT by Western Phil
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7 posted on 10/14/2015 8:45:56 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: BBell

Beautiful


8 posted on 10/14/2015 8:58:06 PM PDT by truth_seeker (come with the outlws.)
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More at:

http://www.nolarelo.com/flood-home-owners-insurance/flood-protection-see-for-yourself/


9 posted on 10/15/2015 5:20:10 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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