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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustees Release Final Barataria Basin Strategic Restoration Plan
April 18, 2018
BATON ROUGE, LA — March 20, 2018 — The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) approved and released a restoration plan intended to restore wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitats in the Barataria Basin.
CPRA’s RESTORE Parish Matching Amendment
April 18, 2018
Public comments on this RESTORE Parish Matching Amendment to the State’s First Amended RESTORE Plan will be accepted from February 21, 2018 – April 9, 2018, and may be submitted: via email to: coastal@la.gov, or via regular mail to:…
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Anticipated Permit Decision Moved up to November 2020
April 3, 2018
Baton Rouge, LA - Today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District announced that it has updated the environmental and regulatory coordinated project plan (CPP) for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. In accordance with Title 41 of the Fixing…
DID YOU KNOW…Louisiana’s Flood Risk and Resilience Program focuses on Vulnerable Households.
February 26, 2018
DID YOU KNOW… Implementing Louisiana’s Master Plan Reduces Flood Impacts for Coastal Communities?
February 25, 2018
Engineering and Design Contractor Selected for Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion
February 21, 2018
BATON ROUGE, LA — February 21, 2018 — Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has selected the Stantec Team to provide engineering, geotechnical, surveying, and other technical services for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project.
Louisiana’s Largest Coastal Project Completed Below Port Fourchon
February 21, 2018
PORT FOURCHON, LA. (March 21, 2017) – Louisiana's Governor John Bel Edwards today unveiled the newly-completed restoration of the Caminada Headlands, a 13-mile stretch of beach and dune running from the Belle Pass outlet of Bayou Lafourche eastward to Caminada…
CPRA Board approves Coastal Program Annual Plan with Authorization to spend $566 Million in FY2019: Next stop, 2018 Regular Legislative Session
February 21, 2018
BATON ROUGE, LA – February 21, 2018 – Today, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Board (CPRA) convened in Baton Rouge to approve the Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Plan, a 3-year outlook of projected revenues and expenditures, project activity and implementation…
CPRA Board Announces Public Comment Period for Projects Selected Under the First $20M Installment of the RESTORE Act CPRA-Parish Matching Program
February 21, 2018
BATON ROUGE, LA — February 21, 2018 — - Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released for public feedback its project selections for the first $20 million installment of its 15-year, $100 million Parish Matching Opportunities Program under the Resources and…