[bayourant]

def it comes from the lake but its a manmade canal its going to cause flooding but thats relative. Its like when there is a headline that Nagin says 80% of nola under water. Well that doesnt mean you can just run all over nola in a boat. In most cases that could be a couple of feet at the most but still be classified asunderwater or flooded. We know this. that the french quarter does not require a boat neither does the cbd. Uptown is not requiring a boat alot of this is in the ninthh ward and nola east Thats alot but that doesnt comprise 80 percent of nola that is requiring boats to travel in

[John Jamieson]

I wonder if somebody screwed up?

BURK KLEINPETER, INC. (BKI ) was selected by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to prepare the preliminary and final plans for the construction of a new 850-CFS drainage pumping station designed to reduce flooding on Interstate 10 in New Orleans. The new pump station is designed to keep the interstate from flooding during even a 100-year flood event. The pumping station consists of three 72" vertical pumps and one 48" vertical pump. Flood waters are pumped over land through four steel pipes and across the levee into the 17th Street Canal.In order to collect the storm water and transport it to the pumping station, the existing subsurface drainage system was replaced with a new collection system. The new drainage system is made up of 2,000 linear feet of 84" concrete pipe and various trench drains and catch basins to intercept the storm water, as well as a new 1,200-foot long intake canal consisting of two 8.5-foot by 10-foot concrete box culverts.The approximate total construction cost was more than $18 million.