[CPEO-BIF] "Rebuilding should begin on high ground"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rebuilding should begin on high ground, group says

Begin with high ground, group says 

By Martha Carr
New Orleans Times-Picayune
November 19, 2005

In the most comprehensive recovery plan proposed to date, a panel of
more than 50 specialists in urban and post-disaster planning said New
Orleans should concentrate its rebuilding efforts on the sections of the
city that occupy the high ground, while securing lower-lying areas for
potential long-term rebirth.

Tackling what is certain to be the most controversial aspect of any
rebuilding plan, the contingent from the Urban Land Institute said
Friday that the city should use its original footprint, as well as
lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, as a guide in determining what
areas are most logical for redevelopment. 

Firing off a collection of bold ideas, the group also proposed creating
a public development corporation that would buy and sell property to
speed the city's redevelopment; establishing an oversight board with
broad powers over the city's finances; and engineering a secondary
flood-control network inside the city that would use natural ridges,
levees, water reservoirs, and green space to stop widespread flooding. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-4/113238540235800.xml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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