The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) – Regional levee commissioners said Thursday that they fear that the Army Corps of Engineers is running into money problems in its efforts to build better flood protection by 2011 and that to cut costs, the corps might recommend what the commissioners consider to be unacceptable projects.

Two examples they cited are floodgates that would be closed across Causeway Boulevard in Metairie and Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans to protect against storm surges, instead of more expensive and potentially more effective forms of protection. [read more…]