[dirtboy]

I understand that this would cut off the ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge and would be VERY expensive.

I've been saying that we should move New Orleans to the high ground (20 feet above sea level) that is between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya. It isn't that far away and would still be connected to the existing port structures and surviving manufacturing facilities.

Next, build a sea-level canal that parallels the Atchafalaya to the new city and dredge a man-made port. Continue the canal with locks up to the current Mississippi channel. This route would be shorter to the Gulf than the current channel and would allow the levees below NOLA to be removed and sediment released to restore protective marshland.

Then, build a control structure to augment Old River Control so that when the channel does shift, you still have a channel from where the canal enters the existing to the point where the Atchafalaya breaks off and can maintain shipping along the length of the river - because when the channel jumps, the resulting channel will probably be unnavigable for a few years until the river works out the new gradient.

So you kill three threats with one major project.

[fallujah-nuker]

I was checking your proposal with "Topo" maps from National Geographic, I think I found the area you propose, it looks to be close to Baton Rouge? I was wondering about a path to the sea via Lake Pontchartrain.

It would be an interesting project to build a new city, probably plan it better with wider streets and underground conduits built first. You could probably even build tunnels using cut and cover before the city goes up, instead of after the city is built up.

[TAdams8591]

We were just discussing that NO should be rebuilt further inland but not too far from the coast so that it can continue serving as a port. WOW, but your more specifc plans are mighty impressive. Quite amazing!!!