Walnut Room New Orleans Lakefront Airport
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a field hearing entitled, “Providing Necessary Flood Protection to Protect Coastal Communities.”

Opening Remarks

  • Colonel Rick Hansen
    Commander of Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District
  • Mr. John Monzon
    P.E., Regional Director, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority- West
  • Mr. Robert “Bobby” Thomas
    Executive Director, Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry
  • Mr. Robert Turner
    Regional Director, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection- East
  • Ms. Shirley Laska
    PhD, Professor Emerita of Sociology, UNO-CHART University of New Orleans