Decision Making Chronology for the Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project.

The Hurricane Protection Decision Chronology (HPDC) is the result of an unprecedented effort to document and interpret the chronological record of decision-making for the LP&VHPP, including the legislative, policy, economic, financial, and organizational factors that influenced decisions made over the 50-year project history. The HPDC focus on project decision-making complements the technical focus of the IPET investigation, and the resulting report and database of project-related documents provides invaluable insights into “how” and “why” the decisions were made that led to the LP&VHPP network of levees and floodwalls that existed when Katrina made landfall.