May 27, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards is announcing $61.6 million in federal funding for 16 flood risk reduction projects throughout the state as part of the Watershed Projects Grant Program: Local and Regional â Round 1. The Round 1 funding opportunity is part of the stateâs Action Plan to spend $1.2 billion in federal Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds.
âLast week, heavy rains once again inundated flood-weary communities throughout Louisiana, underscoring our stateâs increasing flood risk and urgent need for better flood risk reduction. Today, Iâm heartened to announce relief is on the way,â Gov. Edwards said. âThrough the Louisiana Watershed Initiative, we are working to fight flooding on a large scale with immediate and long-term solutions. These projects move us in the right direction.â
CEPD’s engineer suggests Great Lakes for project
By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | May 11, 2021
UPDATE: At its May 10 meeting, the CEPD commission voted 4-0 to accept its staff and consultants’ recommendations and award the bid to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District’s engineering firm for the upcoming beach renourishment project presented its bid recommendation to the commission during a recent workshop meeting.
On May 6, APTIM Coastal Planning & Engineering’s Coastal Restoration and Modeling Program Manager Nicole Sharp and Coastal Protection Engineering’s Principal Engineer Thomas Pierro a subcontractor for APTIM recommended the bidder Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for the project.