I thought I remember hearing money was allocated to fix levees, but state and/or local officials spent it elsewhere. Am I mistaken?
"I thought I remember hearing money was allocated to fix levees, but state and/or local officials spent it elsewhere. Am I mistaken?"
I have heard that as well but have no first hand knowledge of that. Often, the Corps will pay a portion and the locals will pay a portion, depending on the project. If the locals don't make good, projects don't get completed or get scaled down.
The Corps hold yearly budget hearings via VTC. First with the tthen with Washington. They remind me of hungry baby birds after Mom lands in the nest with a fat worm. ;-) I have been privy to a few of these. In one, New Orleans District wanted to crank off a decent sized levee project that went significantly beyond normal maintenance and allocated funds for maintenance. The "environmental impact" and and politicians with other plans for that money prevented that from happening.