During a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday, April 2, 2020, the Army Corps of Engineer’s Commander of the Mississippi Valley New Orleans Col. Stephen Murphy, announced that he has made the recommendation to operate the Bonnet Carré Spillway.
The colonel’s recommendation to operate the flood control structure has now been delivered to the commanding general of the USACE Mississippi Valley Division, Maj. Gen. Mark Toy. Toy also serves as the president of the Mississippi River Commission and the...