Gates and armored levees part of New Orleans flood control package

NY Times:

The Bush administration has asked Congress to pay for two huge gates in the New Orleans area to close off the navigational canals that devastated the city's Lower Ninth Ward, along with "armored" levees that would not be destroyed when water washed over the top, according to the most recent details of its spending plan.

The $1.46 billion flood-control proposal is part of the administration's $19.8 billion emergency financing request that was announced this month. A description of how the money would be spent was discussed in detail on Friday by Donald E. Powell, the federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding, on a visit to New Orleans.

The proposed repairs could be completed in about four years, said James Ward Jr., deputy director of the the United States Army Corps of Engineers task force responding to Hurricane Katrina.

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