Workers drive steel sheet pilings Thursday on a levee near Filmore Street in Morgan City as part of the levee improvements project. (The Daily Review/Zachary Fitzgerald)
Much of the Morgan City Levee Improvements Project should be complete by mid-2018, and then just two more phases will be left to finish, officials say.
The St. Mary Levee District Commission met Thursday in Morgan City.
The Morgan City Levee Improvements Project entails raising and improving levees in the Morgan City area. The goal of the work is to certify the city’s levee system for 100-year storm surge flood protection and avoid potential large increases in flood insurance premiums.
Sections of levees are being raised anywhere from a few inches to several feet.
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