Twenty-six days after it was opened to relieve pressure on downriver levees, the US Army Corps of Engineers may close the final 30 open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Thursday.
The decision will depend on a number of factors, including water flow and current river stages.
"It's based on some analysis that our hydrolic engineers do in the morning," said US Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman Eric Hughes.
US Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman Eric Hughes on the closing of the Bonnet Carre Spillway:
Hughes says it will probably take several weeks for the Spillway to be usable again for crawfishing and other activities, and it may take more than a month for it to totally drain.
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