Corps misses 2nd floodgate deadline, hasn't set 3rd

After missing two deadlines for floodgates and pumps to protect New Orleans from floods like those after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hasn't set a third.

The project at the 17th Street Canal is an important one. The Corps can't set a new deadline until it hears from contractors and others, said Jim St. Germain, a corps specialist helping design and oversee pumping projects there and at two other canals.
The floodwalls and pumps are ready at the other two canals, he said.

from the Times Picayune