New Orleans: Solution
One new idea for New Orleans was already in development before Katrina.
Construction has begun on a sophisticated hurricane floodgate that would close
across the Harvey Canal in the event of a storm surge. The $36 million
floodgate will protect 250,000 people in the West Bank area of New Orleans,
which was relatively unscathed by Katrina, from another storm. When the new
barriers are finished, they will be the first hurricane-specific canal barriers
of their kind in New Orleans and most likely the first new flood proofing in
the city since Katrina.
