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June 3 rd closes the public comment period on the Army Corps of Engineer’s draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed $2 billion Mid Barataria freshwater diversion project, the latest and largest effort to help protect and restore Louisiana’s coastline by flooding vast amounts of acreage in Plaquemines Parish. Proponents have traveled the state to convince the public that this plan is the only one that will work and that nothing else deserves consideration. Those of us who live and work in coastal communities, including Parish Councils in St. Tammany, St. Bernard an...

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 official...