It’s a $615 million dollar water pumping machine. And the goal is to make New Orleans safer if there’s ever another flood like the one after Hurricane Katrina. WGNO News with a Twist features guy Wild Bill Wood chats with one of the chiefs in charge of the pump project, US Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commander, Lt. Col Austin Appleton.
Will The 17th Street Pump Station Make New Orleans Safer From Flooding?

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