Once again the Army Corps of Engineers has concocted a senseless undertaking to firm up its reputation as an agency of destruction.
Apparently now it intends to attack a portion of the levee (the "Fly" and the unofficial dog park next door), which has never breached and which has always effectively protected the city as is.
Even so, the corps aims to raise that two-mile portion of the levee two feet, in the process closing the area for approximately two years and destroying the ancient and spectacular shade trees that have held the earth fast through major storms.
On the other hand, the corps' offices are also in the vicinity on the levee, but they will postpone plans for their property and eventually build a floodwall, which would seem to involve much less disruption. If the corps believes, for some unexplained reason, that only that small, two-mile stretch of the levee needs additional protection, why not build floodwalls for the Fly area also? Why pick such popular, frequented spots to disrupt while sparing its own terrain?
Maureen E. Shea