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The Intercoastal waterway continues westward from New Orleans after crossing the
Mississippi through a series of locks. On the eastbank the locks are at
the Industrial Canal. On the westbank the locks are just south of Algiers.
The ICWW also called GIWW (Gulf Intercoastal Waterway) angles southwest from the city on its way to the oilfields in
Texas. Within a few miles it is joined by the Harvey canal, passes Lake
Salvadore and heads out into the marsh.
The BNOB Infrastructure Levees
committee recognized the threat to the city posed by the western half
of the ICWW and recommended flood control gates be installed past the
junction with the Harvey Canal at the Hero Canal. This is just
southwest of Alvin Callendar Naval Air Station. This structure with a
one mile levee would provide security for Algiers and nearby
communities in west Jefferson Parish.
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West Closure Complex
: In June 2009 the Corp of Engineers announced the $1B West Closure Complex to be built just as suggested by the BNOB Infrastructure team and 40 years of study on the westbank. Hooray.
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