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Corps Opens Spillway Gates To Protect New Orleans - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction

Publication Date: 10-APR-08
Author:  Angelle Bergeron
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The Corps of Engineers will open the Bonnet Carré Spillway--a massive floodwater diversion channel upriver from New Orleans--to relieve pressure on Mississippi River levees in the city and points south. The opening is to begin April 11. It marks the first time in 11 years the spillway has been opened.

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