Lakeshore Drive between Pratt Drive and the University of New Orleans campus to be closed Monday

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A segment of Lakeshore Drive between Pratt Drive and the University of New Orleans campus, marked in red, will be closed Monday for pre-construction work for the permanent canal closure and pump station project at the Lake Pontchartrain entrance of the London Avenue Canal. The road is expected to reopen by 5 p.m. (Army Corps of Engineers)

A section of Lakeshore Drive between Pratt Drive and the entrance to the University of New Orleans will be temporarily closed, beginning Monday, to accommodate preparation for the construction of the permanent canal closure and pump station at the London Avenue outfall canal, the Army Corps of Engineers announced late Sunday.

The temporary closure was originally scheduled for Friday, but was postponed because of poor weather.

Weather permitting, the temporary closure will begin at 7 a.m. to allow workers to position cranes, barges and other equipment in the canal. Lakeshore Drive will be reopened to traffic at 5 p.m.

The permanent canal closure and pump stations at the Lake Pontchartrain entrances of the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals are designed to reduce the risk of storm surges entering the canals that are caused by hurricanes that have a 1 percent chance of occurring in any year, a so-called 100-year storm.

Pre-construction activities include surveying, soil sampling and test pile driving are either under way or will begin at all three canals in the next few weeks. Major construction activities will begin in the fall.

The existing temporary gates and pumps at the ends of the canals will continue to provide protection from surges caused by 100-year storms until the permanent closure structures are complete. Corps officials say the temporary structures have performed as designed in five named tropical weather events, including Hurricanes Gustav and Isaac, since they were completed in 2006.

Residents and commuters were urged to use caution near the three active construction areas. The corps has established a toll free Construction Hotline at 877.427.0345, and the public also can get regular updates by clicking "like" at the agency's Facebook page.

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