USACE: Mid-Barataria meetings starting today April 6, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Starting today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) will jointly conduct three virtual public meetings about the proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project.
The meetings will allow participants to learn more about the proposed Mid-Barataria project and have feedback on the recently released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and/or Draft Restoration Plan.
The virtual public meetings are taking place:
Meeting 1: Tuesday, April 6 from 9 – 12 p.m.
Meeting 2: Wednesday, April 7 from 1 – 4 p.m.
Meeting 3: Thursday, April 8 from 6 – 9 p.m.
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is one of the largest and most innovative coastal restoration efforts ever undertaken, and one of the largest environmental infrastructure projects in the history of the United States.
Supporters of Louisianaâs largest coastal project welcome the findings in a new federal report
Draft Environmental Impact Statement examines proposed $2 billion sediment diversion
Supporters of Louisianaâs largest coastal project welcome the findings in a new federal report By John Snell | March 5, 2021 at 5:53 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 5:53 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The largest coast restoration project in U.S. history, the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, reached a milestone with the publishing of a required federal environmental study.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement finds that, at its peak in the year 2050, the project would have built or sustained 28 square miles of marsh in Barataria Bay.
Tue March 02, 2021 - Southeast Edition
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The proposed fiscal year 2022 coastal restoration and protection annual plan includes $75 million fo reconstruction of the Spanish Pass ridge and marsh creation project in the Barataria Basin in Plaquemines Parish. (Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group photo)
The Bayou State wants to spend $877 million in fiscal 2022 on coastal projects building more than 23 square miles of land and on advancing hurricane storm surge reduction work along the state s southeastern and south-central shoreline.
The plan represents a 19 percent reduction in spending from the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. That s primarily the result of delays in getting permits for the $1.4 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, said Chuck Perrodin, spokesperson of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
Thu January 14, 2021 - Southeast Edition
KATC-TV
A competitively bid contract for the restoration of Rabbit Island was awarded to Weeks Marine, a dredging company with offices in Covington, La. The project is creating approximately 130 jobs.
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Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced Jan. 12 that operations had gotten under way to restore Rabbit Island, the only Brown Pelican colony in southwest Louisiana.
Located in the southwest portion of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish, Rabbit Island is the first rebuild of a waterbird colony since the successful restoration of Queen Bess Island a year ago, which saw a dramatic increase in nesting activity immediately following its completion.
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