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 Burk-Kleinpeter,
Inc. (BKI ) was
selected by the
Louisiana Department
of Transportation
and
Development to
prepare the preliminary and final
plans
for the construction of a new 850-CFS
drainage
pumping station designed to
reduce flooding on
Interstate 10 in New
Orleans.
The new pump station is designed to
keep the
interstate from flooding during
even a 100-year
flood event. The
pumping station consists of three
72"
vertical pumps and one 48" vertical
pump.
Flood
waters are pumped over
land through four steel pipes
and across the levee into the 17th
Street Canal.
In order to collect the storm water and transport it
to the pumping station, the existing subsurface
drainage system was replaced with a new collection
system. The new drainage system is made
up of 2,000
linear feet of 84" concrete pipe and various trench
drains and catch basins to
intercept the storm
water, as well as a new 1,200-foot long intake canal
consisting of two 8.5-foot
by 10-foot concrete box
culverts.
The approximate total construction cost was more
than $18 million.
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