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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the final bays of the Bonnet Carré spillway today, determining that the river's flow rate had slowed to the point that it no longer needs to be diverted into Lake Pontchartrain.

"The Spillway’s 13th operation began Feb. 27 and continued for another 43 days," Corps officials said in a news release. "At the Mississippi River’s peak flow 206 bays were open with a discharge of 213,000 cubic feet per second being diverted through the spillway."


The Corps remains at an elevated status as the river's levels continue to recede, and all levee and excavation restrictions remain in effect.