>> BOTTOM LINE, WHAT WE ARE LEARNING FROM THE REPORT IS THAT THERE IS STILL AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO CATCH BASINS. THE IG REPORT RELEASED THIS MORNING FOCUSES ON THE EMERGENCY ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Public Works Director Chris Gordon said the city annually cleans and inspects roughly 2,000 catch basins. “A catch basin is along the curb on the street that accumulates rainwater ...

OF NICHOSLA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS MANY OF YOU SAY YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM IDA. SOME OF IT IS BLOCKING STORM. DRAINS ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After years of discussion and planning, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) will formally take over catch basin maintenance and related drainage work starting ...

It’s no secret that New Orleans storm drains are in a miserable state because City Hall has neglected them for decades. But it’s not every day that a top city official like Joe Threat, who oversees ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Rudolph Dupart tried for years to get the city to fix a catch basin near his 7th Ward home. The repairs were finally made -- but only after police hauled a dead body out of it a few ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS – From turbine fires and ...

The paper has continued to report that responsibility for catch basin maintenance was transferred from the Sewerage & Water Board to the City of New Orleans in 1991. The newspaper has made this ...

As the region enters another hurricane season, New Orleans' Department of Public Works is unclogging catch basins at a rate that lags behind where it was last year. So far this year, 1,143 of the city ...

"Catch basins are essential parts of the city’s drainage infrastructure, allowing rain to drain from streets and be conveyed to the city’s sewer system," according to Jimmy Zammar, Director of Urban ...