Contractors will get another shot at winning a $700-million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control contract this fall.
Reprocurement of the design-build contract, ordered last year by successful bid protests but interrupted by a subsequent legal challenge, was reset in motion by a May 11 U.S. Court of Claims ruling that was not released publicly for two more weeks. Barring other lawsuits or appeals, New Orleans should receive the final piece of its post-Hurricane Katrina, 100-year flood reduction system in time for the 2016 hurricane season, officials say.