Residents are worried about their homes, the fishing industry and the overall impact of the environment. The goal of the meeting Monday night at Belle Chasse Middle was to create a dialogue, but emotions were running high.
One man told the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority, “You shouldn’t be asking a bunch of lay people to come up with alternatives.” Another man said, “What you’re telling me isn’t solving any problem.”
Tempers flared as residents demanded answers from the CPRA. The agency is studying the benefits and impacts of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project.
If approved, the project would renew the state’s shrinking coastline with river sediment from the Mississippi.
This proposed legislation is intended not only to mitigate significant and structural economic challenges, but also to repair and strengthen the systems on which we depend. This includes natural infrastructure to make our communities and ecosystems more climate resilient.
On our coasts, revitalizing our economy must include building long-term resilience to climate change, sea level rise and hurricanes. In Louisiana, we already know exactly the kind of projects that the American Jobs Plan should support.
Drawing inspiration from this large-scale restoration project
Louisiana loses on average a football field of coastal wetlands every 100 minutes. This land loss crisis coupled with sea level rise and stronger hurricanes pose an existential threat. Entire communities are at risk of displacement, and we risk the complete collapse of the Mississippi River Delta, an ecological treasure and economic engine.
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Plaquemines Parish Council votes in opposition of Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
The coastal restoration project is a topic of controversy in Plaquemines Parish.
Plaquemines Parish Council votes no on diversion project By Olivia Vidal | April 8, 2021 at 10:46 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 10:46 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In a unanimous vote, the Plaquemines Parish Council voted in opposition of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project the largest coastal restoration project planned in U.S. history.
The council voted 8-0.
But parish officials and local fishermen aren’t happy with the plans.
“The people of Plaquemines Parish do not want it. Plain and simple,” said District 7 councilmember Carlton LaFrance.
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