BATON ROUGE – After a period of uncertainty over federal funding, national leaders have committed to paying for crucial annual inspections on Louisiana’s levee systems.

Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it didn’t have the money to do the inspections because of federal cuts. A week later, the money has been secured to perform inspections on the infrastructure that protects Louisiana.

The Corps does annual inspections of New Orleans’ levees, and, up until last Wednesday, the money to pay for future inspections had dried up.

Congressman Troy Carter said getting those inspections was essential, and he wrote a letter to the Trump Administration when the money was in limbo. Traditionally, the corps had spent about $1 million a year to inspect Louisiana levees.

“Here we are on

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