The Times-Picayune documents the final steps by the Army Corps of Engineers to close the Inner
Harbor Navigational Canal yesterday with giant
concrete pilings. See photos, diagrams and more at “Surge barrier spells death
knell for MR-GO”:
“It will take eight Eiffel Towers worth of steel to build the massive structure that will permanently close the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and better protect the Industrial Canal from storm surges. And much of that steel has been loaded into 1,271 foundation pilings that contractors finished driving Wednesday.”
See the full story here.
