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.
