And like the 17th Street Canal, those levees didn't have one designer, but many: the Army Corps, Congress, local levee boards and various interest groups. Residents will have to decide if they ...

Complaints from residents about water that may be seeping from the 17th Street Canal and surfacing along a large empty lot in the 6700 to 6900 blocks of Bellaire Drive ...

Residents of New Orleans who live along the 17th Street Canal say that water was leaking from the canal and into their yards months before Hurricane Katrina caused the levee system to collapse.

SLFPAE Regional Director Robert Turner Jr. on 17th Street Canal safety issues Southeastern Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East Regional Director Robert Turner Jr. discusses safety concerns ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Nine years after Hurricane Katrina's surge caused the 17th Street Canal floodwall to collapse, a WWL-TV investigation has uncovered documents that strongly suggest a dredging ...

Weak clay soils combined with tilting concrete storm walls caused the failure of the 17th Street levee during Hurricane Katrina, according to an Army Corps of Engineers investigation released Friday.

has handed levee officials a major victory, ruling that 17th Street Canal property owners aren't due compensation for the clearing and use of servitudes in their back yards.

At the 17th Street Canal Levee is an erosion project, that's been in the works for quite some time. Advertisement Flood Protection Authority said this work is meant to protect the levee from ...

Bea said there is a roughly 40 percent chance of the 17th Street Canal levee collapsing if water rises higher than 6 feet above sea level. During Katrina, the water reached 7 feet in the canal.

A state investigation team has concluded that the 17th Street canal levee was destined to fail long before it reached its maximum design load of 14 feet of water. Investigators are saying the ...

Property owners on Bellaire Drive along the 17th Street Canal sued the Orleans Levee District and won a $425,000 settlement last year, according to court records.

At the 17th Street Canal Levee is an erosion project, that's been in the works for quite some time. Sign up for our Newsletters Flood Protection Authority said this work is meant to protect the ...