State officials said Tuesday that they have received $26.7 million in money from BP oil spill fines to start work on the Houma Navigation Canal lock system.
Funding secured for phase I of the Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex February 10, 2021, posted by Zlatan Hrvacevic
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been awarded $26.7 million to fund the dredging of 1.2 million cubic yards of earthen material to begin construction of a lock complex adjacent to the Bubba Dove Floodgate on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC).
The grant subrecipient, Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District, will perform the dredging activities.
The grant award comes from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council). The Council previously awarded CPRA $18.5 million for engineering and design of the project. The State has allocated $366 million in RESTORE Act Spill Impact Component funds to this project over a 15-year period.
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Equality: The new districts should reflect the “one-person, one-vote” principle by giving every person equal representative power. Specifically, it should avoid practices like packing, concentrating a constituency s voting power in one district to reduce their voting power in other districts, and cracking, diluting the voting power of a constituency across many districts. And the resulting makeup of legislative and congressional districts should accurately reflect the racial diversity of the communities they represent.
State officials said Tuesday that they have received $26.7 million in money from BP oil spill fines to start work on the Houma Navigation Canal lock system.
February 5, 2021 By Waterways Journal
Southern Towing Company (STC), an affiliate of CC Industries (CCI), announced February 2 it has acquired Devall Towing from the Devall family.
Devall Towing is a towboat and barge operator for specialty chemicals along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Lower Mississippi River. The company operates a fleet of 36 towboats and 125 liquid tank barges, as well as fleeting locations in Lake Charles, La., and Victoria, Texas, with combined capacity for up to 175 barges. Devall Diesel Services provides marine diesel sales and service with dealerships in Louisiana and Texas.
Devall Towing was founded in 1952 by Alfred Devall and is headquartered in Sulphur, La.