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USACE commander: Katrina prompted system overhaul, delivered a tested risk‑reduction program
Summary
The New Orleans District commander reviewed lessons from Hurricane Katrina, described engineering and funding changes that produced a systemwide hurricane and storm damage risk reduction program, and said the fully funded program was delivered and later tested by Hurricane Isaac.
Colonel, New Orleans District commander, told the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board on Aug. 14 that Hurricane Katrina revealed critical design and funding weaknesses and sparked a new, engineering‑led approach to coastal protection.
He said the post‑Katrina effort moved away from incremental "eye wall" designs to a systemwide, modeled approach and larger structural elements such as deeper piles and taller T‑walls. "We delivered the project on time, and it was tested in 02/2012, with Hurricane Isaac," he said, describing the program as a synchronized, fully funded delivery that included federal, state and local partners.
The commander framed the work as a shift from a ‘‘flood protection’’ mentality to…
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