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80 mile levee in the GOM
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:19 pm
Just heard about the plans of the the Corps building this levee out in the GOM beginning in 10 days. It's going to cost them $250m and take up to 6 months. Sort of like building barrier islands like in Dubia. That would be amazing!!! Sounds like its almost a reality.
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Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:22 pm to tgrbaitn08
Wouldn't they be trapping the oil inside of it? 
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:22 pm to tgrbaitn08
I don't understand how it's going to benefit the current disaster..do they expect that it will? The relief well should be drilled well before completion of that thing. I'm guessing it will be built in sections so multiple crews can work at one time and they will eventually meet up at intersecting points...until that point what will it do?
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:27 pm to Big L
I am taking a guess that this is related to coastal erosion and not the current disaster?
ETA: USACE building 80 Miles for $250M, I'll take the over.
ETA: USACE building 80 Miles for $250M, I'll take the over.
This post was edited on 5/10/10 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:33 pm to Big L
Supposed to act as a boom as well as hurricane protection. I don't understand it either.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:34 pm to LeonPhelps
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$250M, I'll take the over.
For reals.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:47 pm to Big L
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I don't understand how it's going to benefit the current disaster..do they expect that it will?
They expect that the oil will wash up on the island levees instead blowing in to the marsh. Much easier to clean off of the sand than the marsh.
The only problem is the timing. Hopefully some can be built before too much oil gets to the marsh.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:52 pm to LeonPhelps
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I am taking a guess that this is related to coastal erosion and not the current disaster?
It is being billed as a stop gap measure for the current disaster but the coastal protection aspect will go a long way in BP saving face.
Of course this is all contingent on BP execs approving the work.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 5:57 pm to tgrgrd00
eh?
this would be major for the future of living on the coast...
is there a link to this? where did you hear it?
this would be major for the future of living on the coast...
is there a link to this? where did you hear it?
Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:02 pm to Big L
Every little bit helps. Start building them.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:09 pm to CoonassatTEXAS
Heard some details about this from Karre Johnson in an interview with Plaquemines parish president Billy Nungesser on AM 690 about an hour ago. The meeting in Houma had just ended so there may not be much print media with a story yet.
This is a link from a story yesterday about the proposal before the meeting today. LINK
Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:23 pm to tgrgrd00
That's where I heard it.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:56 pm to tgrbaitn08
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80 mile levee in the GOM
My best friend is going to be happy if this is true.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 7:37 pm to jeffsdad
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Every little bit helps. Start building them.
I agree.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 8:06 pm to tgrbaitn08
tell that to the gov. he wanted it done in two weeks.
6 months.
6 months.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 8:42 pm to ottothewise
The litigation problems stemming from the value of the wetlands property is going to be very interesting. As I see it, the wetlands will be destroyed from this event to a large extent. Gonna be hard to calculate the value of those lands to the state of Louisiana. As such, building some sort of makeshift, 250 million dollar levee system, might be more economically efficient in the short term than having the unknown value of the wetlands destroyed that serve to protect our state. I don't know if this is the reasoning or not, just a guess, but seems like a possibility.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 8:43 pm to tgrbaitn08
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250m
thats it?
Posted on 5/10/10 at 8:48 pm to Honkus
It would have to be more than 250 million I would imagine. If it was 250 this would have happened a long time ago.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 8:54 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Sort of like building barrier islands like in Dubia.
I'm not sure they will do it to the extent they did in Dubai, i.e. I doubt they will start with a layer of rock and tarp over it, then fill in sand. I agree it's better than nothing, and doing it the Dubai way would cause the cost of the project to skyrocket.
Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:10 pm to TJG210
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I'm not sure they will do it to the extent they did in Dubai,
No shite?? You mean they're not going to build huge islands then build multi million dollar resorts and have people actually inhibit the islands??? Damn.
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