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Gov. John Bel Edwards last week joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the St. Mary Levee District for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Bayou Chene Floodgate.

To protect southeast Louisiana parishes against the Atchafalaya River backwater flooding and intense storms during hurricane season, a 446-foot floodgate opened for the first time on Bayou Chene in St. Mary Parish on Friday, with local and state officials in attendance.

To protect southeast Louisiana parishes against the Atchafalaya River backwater flooding and intense storms during hurricane season, a 446-foot floodgate opened for the first time on Bayou Chene in St. Mary Parish on Friday, with local and state officials in attendance.

Fishermen say the proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion would mimic the devastation brought on by Mardi Gras Pass.

A new United Nations climate report paints a dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s future, warning that sea level rise poses an existential threat for much of coastal Louisiana, including almost 7,000 residents near the bayou communities of Barataria, Crown Point, and Jean Lafitte.

Coastal and hurricane-protection projects in Terrebonne and Lafourche are among over a dozen that would receive a combined $150 million.

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has put forward a nearly $1.3 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1, marking the first time CPRA could hit its goal of spending $1 billion annually on its 50-year, $50 billion comprehensive coastal restoration blueprint. 

Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says major sediment diversion channels in the southern part of the state have not been successful in creating land.

Louisiana has begun construction on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project, part of the Pontchartrain Basin restoration plan.

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released a draft version of their annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2023 which anticipates investing $1.3 billion in dredging and coastal protection projects.