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Raising Levees Is Even More Costly - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR

Publication Date: 20-APR-06
Author:  Tom Sawyer in New Orleans
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As always, the devil is in the details, but this time the devil is a real monster. The cost estimate for restoring New Orleans’ hurricane defenses has tripled, jumping to $9.5 billion from the $3.5 billion that has stood since December, when President George W. Bush asked Congress to supplement the original $2-billion request to restore the system ...
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