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| SELA Drainage Projects |
The purpose of the Southeast Louisiana (SELA) program is to reduce flood damages in the City of New Orleans and surrounding parishes. This will be accomplished by constructing new pump stations and better drainage canals throughout our city. The program was authorized in 1996 by the United States Congress and administered under a project cooperation agreement between the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The costs for these projects is $140 million, 75 percent of which will be federally funded. The Sewerage and Water Board must pay the remaining 25 percent or $40 million.
The current status of all Phase One projects can be found online in the Current Work Zones section. For most of the SELA projects in Orleans Parish, no major changes to traffic patterns is necessary.
The program is comprised of three phases. Phase One projects include:
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