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Despite announcing just over a month and a half ago that the New Orleans Engineer District will need an additional $2.97 billion to complete the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Project, a much-anticipated flood protection system that will shield communities along the southwestern shore of the lake from storm surge, the district continues to make progress on the project with funds already on hand. The New Orleans District announced on August 23 that it has awarded a construction contract for the fourth levee reach for the project. The contract went to Lafayette, La.-based EvCo Development, which will be paid close to $22.4 million to build Reach 108 of the levee system, which will stretch about 1.5 miles. Work will take place in St. John the Baptist Parish, and the levee will be built to an elevation of 8.6 feet. |