Just listening to re-run of Dennis Prager show, and he had a guest on who was talking about the disaster and topic of other cities that have been elevated ,, Seattle and sacramento are two examples, but these were done years ago.
Cost alone would be prohibitive.
also not sure of what the cost would be to rebuild the levee system for CAT 4/5 hurricanes in the future but it would have to be enormous.
How about moving the city to above ground location. If your going to rebuild 75-80 percent of a city you might as well move it 10-20 miles. That way you can make New Orleans the best looking and functioning city in America. You can have multiple highways, 10 lane highways, have good housing locations, have the projects spread out. Man if they did it right New New Orleans would be amazing.
"Just listening to re-run of Dennis Prager show, and he had a guest on who was talking about the disaster and topic of other cities that have been elevated ,, Seattle and sacramento are two examples, but these were done years ago. "
Sacramento? Are you sure? Sacramento is inland...nowhere near the coastline. Seattle is on Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains are west of the Sound.
I heard that the Army Corp. of Engineers had requested millions to add a higher levee for N. O. but it got turned down.
And the first terr perp with a piper cub loaded with some dynamite could take out a levee for round two?? The risk is too great, turn it into an American Venice or forgetaboutit.