They are designed to: Restore key features of West Grand Terre Island in Jefferson Parish Build a more than 7-mile line of wetlands and coastal ridge along Spanish Pass, near Venice in Plaquemines Parish Restore wetlands in the Golden Triangle area along northwest Lake Borgne in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish. “They will combat erosion, subsidence and saltwater intrusion, and create nearly 5 square miles of land” in some of the most valuable and vulnerable locations along the state’s coastline, Edwards said during a news conference on Coastal Day at the Legislature. The projects are funded by $256.6 million in fines and natural resource compensation payments by BP and its drilling partners in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.