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Contract awarded for landside drainage work along the West Return Floodwall |
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2013 |
NEW ORLEANS -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $3 million contract to Healtheon, Inc. to install a drainage system along the West Return Floodwall in Jefferson Parish from slightly north of I-10 to Lake Pontchartrain. This system will collect rainwater flowing towards adjacent residential properties and drain directly into the nearby canal.
Construction of the “Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project, Landside Drainage Along West Return Floodwall” will consist of excavating a shallow drainage area, digging trenches for underground drainage pipes and removing trees within the project area.
Additional underground drainage pipes will be installed on Vintage Dr. and West Esplanade Ave. to allow rainwater captured from the new drainage area to drain directly into Canal 17.
Temporary traffic impacts are anticipated west of Tulane Ave. on Vintage Dr. and West Esplanade Ave.
The landside drainage construction is expected to be completed in late 2013; however, the storm drainage system will be functional once pipes have been installed.
For more information on the West Return Floodwall landside drainage project please visit the following Web site: www.mvn.usace.army.mil. For questions call the Construction Impact Hotline at 1-877-427-0345.
For Immediate Release:
February 8, 2013
Contact:
Rene Poche, 504-862-1495
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