Times-Picayune archiveWorkers combed through books while gutting the Algiers Regional Library in October 2005. The Algiers Regional Library, vacant since it was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, will come down Wednesday. Demolition will begin with an event at 10 a.m. at...

Having traveled extensively in recent years to push for improved flood protection in lower Jefferson Parish, Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner will make the case on his home turf Tuesday. A state-hired panel of engineering and environmental experts will hold...

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $9.5 million contract to build a new floodwall at Cross Bayou in the St. Charles Parish East Bank Hurricane Protection levee. The new floodwall, which includes a drainage structure that can...

Road Home recipients have until Wednesday to tell state officials whether they want additional money to help with elevating their houses or protecting windows, roofs or large household equipment against future storms. So far, about 40,000 homeowners have expressed interest...

Rep. Neil Abramson, D-New OrleansThe Louisiana Legislature has created a new panel of mostly New Orleans-area lawmakers to provide scrutiny of storm recovery issues during a time when state agencies will be shifting their roles in the long-running redevelopment effort....

Collapse of credit markets slowed efforts to replace low-income housing

A hurricane protection levee for St. John the Baptist Parish may rise along Interstate 10 if parish officials can persuade Congress to include the $400 million project in a bill that sets up water-related spending projects this year. The...

Harry Hamburg / The Associated PressSen. David Vitter. U.S. Sen. David Vitter wants to stop the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps around communities working to fix levees found to be deficient. Vitter said Monday that many areas...

London Avenue Canal to get steel sheet piling three times deeper than before

Army Corps of Engineers photoThe $272,000 contract is for pre-construction work on an 8.5-mile reach of the Chalmette Loop levee system between Louisiana 46 in Verret west to Caernarvon, near the Mississippi River levee. The Army Corps of Engineers has...