Bring New Orleans Back Commission
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Bring New Orleans Back Commission
The Bring New Orleans Back Commission, the group formed by Mayor C. Ray Nagin to produce a blueprint for the city's recovery, issued a proposal to upgrade hurricane protection. The mayor's commission also proposed a network of dams that would block or slow the opening between the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal and Lake Pontchartrain, and block storm surges from flowing up the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. The fast-track structures would cost $100 million to $170 million, according to the commission's estimates.