MARRERO, La. (Aug. 29) – Hurricane Ida has made landfall and is now impacting the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West’s (SLFPA-W) jurisdictional area as a Category 4 hurricane. SLFPA-W completed all necessary system closures on Saturday, August 28 with no system issues.
The pump stations at West Closure Complex, Bayou Segnette and Harvey Canal are functioning at 100 percent capacity and fully staffed. The remaining SLFPA-W employees are sheltering in place in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), preparing for reopening when conditions improve and the transition to recovery operations begins. SLFPA-W has two operators manning the pumps at both the Harvey Canal Complex and at Bayou Segnette Sector Gates.
SLFPA-W will begin reopening land based flood gates and will reopen navigation gates when water levels allow.
Below is a summary of the floodgate status throughout the SLFPA-W system.
|
Land Based Flood Gates |
|||
|
Reach |
Closed |
Open |
Total |
| Bayou Segnette State Park |
5 |
0 |
5 |
| Peters Rd. Floodgates |
37 |
0 |
37 |
| Westwego to Harvey |
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Mississippi River Levee |
1 |
19 |
20 |
| Total |
49 |
19 |
68 |
|
Navigable Waterway Gates |
Status |
Notes |
| Harvey Canal Sector Gate | Closed | Closed Saturday 8/28 |
| Bayou Segnette Sector Gate | Closed | Closed Saturday 8/28 |
| West Closure Complex | Closed | Closed Saturday 8/28 |
| Vehicular Gates | Status | Notes |
| LA-45 | Closed | Closed Saturday 8/28 |
| Segnette Boat Launch | Closed | Closed Saturday 8/28 |
For location and status of floodgates please visit our website at: http://slfpaw.org/floodgate-summary/
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About the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West (SLFPA-W)
The mission of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West is to protect the citizens and businesses of the West Bank of the greater New Orleans area in Jefferson and Orleans Parishes from hurricanes and riverine flooding by inspecting, operating and maintaining the integrity of our levees, floodwalls and floodgates. It is composed of two levee districts: the West Jefferson Levee District in Jefferson Parish and the Algiers Levee District in Orleans Parish. The Authority has jurisdiction over 80 miles of levees in the most populated areas of the West Bank of Jefferson Parish and in all of Orleans Parish on the West Bank, including 47 miles of levees that are part of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) and 33 miles of Mississippi River levees. Since 2006, all of the Authority’s levees and floodwalls have been improved for the protection of residents in south Louisiana.
