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Bad Projects at the US Army Corps of Engineers

May 14, 2006

An article in today's Washington Post highlights serious problems at the US Army Corps of Engineers which have not changed over the past 60 years. US ACE is allowed to endorse any project where the economic benefits to private parties exceed the cost of the project. The cost-benefit analysis often underestimates the value of human life and environmental benefits. Most of the funding for these projects comes from earmarks. Many of the projects are embarrassingly bad ideas. The article describes how US ACE failed New Orleans by not preparing the city for Katrina, despite spending $1.9 billion in the region in the five years before the hurricane.



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