Shaw progresses on $750 million N.O. project
Print
Email
Save
Reprints
Twitter
Share
Del.icio.us
Digg
Facebook
Reddit
The Shaw Group Inc. reached a milestone this week on its three-year project to shore up a weak point in eastern New Orleans that led to widespread 2005 destruction by Hurricane Katrina.
Shaw installed the last of 1,271 piles, 130 feet deep, along a two-mile floodwall it’s building for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the company reported today. The $750 million project is the most expensive in the federal agency’s history.
The surge barrier on Lake Borgne runs from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and protects the city’s Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. Shaw has completed the backbone of a new surge barrier that replaces a 4,000-foot floodwall that failed in 2005. Atop the backbone, Shaw will build a 26-foot-high barrier floodwall for 10,000 feet, including floodgates on the Intracoastal Waterway and at Bayou Bienvenue.
The project should be ready by the peak of 2011’s hurricane season, Shaw officials said.
 | ||||
| Most Popular | Most Emailed | Hot Topics | ||
