An April 6, 2006 article at NOLA.com discusses Lt. Gen. Strock's admission to Corps. of Engineers "design failure" in the New Orleans levee system, leading to its failure during Hurricane Katrina. Corps chief admits to 'design failure'
"We have now concluded we had problems with the design of the structure," Strock told members of the subcommittee that finances corps operations, according to NOLA.com. "We had hoped that wasn't the case, but we recognize it is the reality."
Gen. Strock estimated that rebuilding the levees sufficiently to withstand a 100-year flood would cost approximately $6 billion, according to the article.
Mitchell Hoffman, a lawyer for class-action plaintiffs suing the Army Corps. of Engineers told NOLA.com that Lt. Gen. Strock's admission supports their theory of a government "taking" for which compensation is required under the U.S. Constitution.
Posted by dougsimpson at April 14, 2006 02:46 PM