The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, said that they continue to make progress with constructing Reach A for the Morganza to the Gulf (MTG) Project.
According to USACE, this is a very important hurricane and storm-risk reduction system, built approximately 60 miles southwest of New Orleans, La., in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
This project involves building a 98-mile alignment of earthen levees, floodgates, environmental water control structures, road/railroad gates, and fronting protection for existing pump stations.
USACE and its construction partners currently have completed approximately 55% of the construction in Reach A, laying 13,300 linear feet of levee to date.
Also, this construction contract is the first levee lift, slated to have a final design elevation of +11 feet that provides a 100-year level of risk reduction.