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After massive flooding killed hundreds in St. Bernard Parish, eastern New Orleans and the Lower 9th Ward, there is growing consensus that Katrina's surge was made far worse by the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, a 76-mile shortcut between the city and the Gulf of Mexico. And while the shipping industry vows to protect the channel, political momentum appears increasingly in favor of St. Bernard officials who have long warned the waterway must be closed.
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St. Bernard officials have for years criticized the MR-GO, a shipping channel to the east of the parish extending from the Intercoastal Waterway to the Gulf of Mexico, saying it would give storm surges a direct route into the area. They said Katrina proved their argument.
We are certainly taking quite a chance. The Corps of Engineers said the Industrial Canal lock would be completed in 2014, but that was before environmental groups and neighborhood associations filed suit to block it, claiming that toxic materials have been found in the sediment that would have to be dug up.(2004!)
Watch the effects of Mr-Go during Hurricane Katrina (by The Times -Picayune)
Five New Orleans area residents who lost their homes — and one who also lost his business in the flooding — filed a federal civil lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
WDSU-TV anchor and eastern New Orleans resident Norman Robinson, a Lower 9th Ward couple and two St. Bernard Parish residents joined forces....
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