P.O. Box 24378 New Orleans, LA 70184 504.324.2270
*New Orleans Eastbank General Information Meeting for the Greater New Orleans
Area Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System, 100-Year Level of
Protection *
On _July 1^st , 2008_ the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public
meeting to provide the community with information on the Greater New Orleans
Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System, 100-Year Level of Protection.
Specifically, this meeting will focus on projects that will affect the New
Orleans Eastbank communities, particularly the New Orleans Lakefront Levee west
of the Industrial Canal, the Outfall Canal Closure Structures, the possible
locations of the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal surge barrier as discussed in
IERs 4, 5, 11 Tier 2 Borgne* as well as the potential areas from which borrow
materials may be obtained (IERs 25 and 26). This is an important meeting that
will allow residents to ask questions about the projects.
The meeting will be held at:
_Location_
St. Dominic’s School Gym
6326 Memphis Street
New Orleans, LA 70124
_Date_
Tuesday July 1^st , 2008
Open House from 6 PM
Presentation 7 PM
The purpose of each IER is to analyze the impacts of the range of alternatives,
analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of each and identify a
preferred alternative for the hurricane system.
The Corps’ alternative arrangements have been coordinated with, and reflect the
input of, numerous key federal agencies including the Council on Environmental
Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and
the Environmental Protection Agency. Additional input into this process was
provided by the State of Louisiana resource agencies and citizens from the
impacted area.
For more information on the projects that will be discussed, please visit
www.nolaenvironmental.gov <http://www.nolaenvironmental.gov>, and select
projects to view IERs 4, 5, 11 Tier 2 Borgne*, and “borrow” (IERs 25 and 26).
*IER 11 Tier 2 environmental documents will better define the actual location of
surge barrier protection structures.