flood protection and drainage

South Claiborne neutral ground is getting a makeover

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South Claiborne Avenue is getting an upgrade, with both drainage and beautification in mind, near the Carrollton, Leonidas and Fontainebleau neighborhoods. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun planting trees on the neutral ground for the restoration project replacing the green infrastructure removed for the construction of underground drainage improvements. The restoration is part of the corps’ Southeast Louisiana Flood Control Project, a $2 billion set of infrastructure improvements meant to reduce the risk of flooding in the event of heavy rain.  

The project will stretch from Leonidas to Pine streets and include 98 new trees. Six varieties of deciduous and evergreen trees have been chosen: nuttall oak, bald cypress, southern magnolia, spruce pine, sweet bay magnolia and “Muskogee” crape myrtle.

Army Corps

T-P: Tree line at Leake Avenue dog park threatened by Corps

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Post-Katrina policy prohibits any vegetation within 15 feet of levees or floodwalls, but it’s not always enforced and the Corps is not recommending immediate action. Most of the trees are located behind homes that back up to the river in River Ridge, Harahan and Kenner, but a highly visible line of mature trees also flanks the western edge of the unofficial dog park along Leake Avenue, a clover-and-grass-covered levee slope long used by residents of Uptown New Orleans and the canines who walk them. Trees could face axe if Corps of Engineers enforces strict vegetation rules | – NOLA.com. Post-Katrina policy prohibits any vegetation within 15 feet of levees or floodwalls, but it’s not always enforced and the Corps is not recommending immediate action.