Shift sought for New Orleans levee funds
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The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
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First came the floodwaters, then the paperwork. Billions of promised federal dollars to fix New Orleans' crumbling infrastructure have gone largely untapped a year after Hurricane Katrina. City officials complain that a snarl of red tape, restrictions and unexpectedly high costs have kept hundreds of public buildings in disrepair, streets pocked with potholes and most parks too dirty for children to play.
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The U.S. envoy to Iraq wants to  shift $3.3 billion set aside for Iraqi water, sewer, power and  other reconstruction projects to improve security, boost oil  output and create jobs, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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Many initial estimates by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the cost of repairing thousands of water-logged buildings, cracked pipes and crumbling streets in hurricane-staggered Louisiana were way too low &#151; and some reconstruction projects are being held up because of it.
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The request to shift more than $3 billion highlights the challenges of keeping order and rebuilding the economy.
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Large parts of New Orleans are still at risk of flooding nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina, a US Army report says.
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The head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday that despite aggressive efforts to repair the levee system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, it was unclear whether the it could hold up to a sizable hurricane this year.
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By LaRose, Greg  Hurricane Katrina is the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history judging by insurance payouts.  But levee failures along the 17th Street, London Avenue and Orleans Avenue canals were man-made catastrophes.
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The massive federally funded program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged Louisiana homes is short nearly $3 billion largely because Louisiana officials are compensating thousands of homeowners who were not originally supposed to benefit, according to an analysis by the Bush administration.
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Louisiana voters on Saturday approved consolidating the New Orleans area's levee boards, the generations-old agencies whose politically appointed members were criticized after Hurricane Katrina for failing to maintain the area's levees and floodwalls.
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Now that the hurricane season has ended, New Orleans residents notice a lag in work to rebuild the cityÂs flood protection infrastructure.
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The Congressional Black Caucus has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to form a new committee on Hurricane Katrina to focus more urgently on rebuilding the Gulf Coast, particularly New Orleans.
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A low-cost concept that began as an effort to provide affordable homes to victims of Hurricane Katrina is now being seized upon as an alternative for Americans looking for a vacation home or to downsize their current living space.
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By Kent, Joan  A proposal to have the city's engineer prepare alternative plans and estimates for the levee entrances at Riverside Park won approval Tuesday from the La Crosse Plan Commission.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--CONCORD -- Editor's note: A story in Cabarrus Neighbors today on the Concord/Kannapolis water transfer request went to press before the state postponed its decision.
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With hurricane Ivan closing in with frightening intensity, flood-prone New Orleans scrambled Wednesday to move people out of harm&#39;s way, putting the frail and elderly in the cavernous Louisiana Superdome and urging others to move to
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By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - The federal system for large water-related projects - including portions of Louisiana coastal restoration - is broken, speakers at the 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration said Wednesday.