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In this segment of the show Brian talks with Chip Kline who is Chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority as the discuss the funding granted for the Morganza To The Gulf Project and much more.
Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Jan 20, 2021 11:52 AM The Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane protection project, which will protect Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, is awarded 12.46 million dollars by the Corps of Engineers. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority head Chip Kline said the project as a whole will cost three billion dollars, but it’s a good start. “This is actually the first time that the federal government has actually appropriated any money for this massive hurricane protection system,” said Kline. The Morganza-to-the-Gulf project was initially forecasted to...
CPRA releases 2020 Year in Review December 14, 2020, by Eldin Ganic The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) last week released its 2020 Year in Review, outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection and restoration. The past year saw the advancement of 112 coastal projects, including 49 projects in construction, surpassing last year’s record of 40 projects in active construction. “In a year of unprecedented challenges, our team at CPRA pressed forward with unrelenting focus in order to advance projects and...
Can assure you, we are going to get through this. but there are going to be some significant challenges. the next ucg meeting is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. however, we may and i suspect we likely will have another press availability before that ucg meeting is over. i expect there may be another one tonight with information we continue to learn, both as relates to the storm, and to the damage that we're seeing across the state of louisiana. and i would invite everyone to continue to put themselves and their families in a better position to withstand the remaining portions of the storm ov...