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$205 million approved to help coastal restoration

August 15, 2020
Contact: coastal@la.gov

wwltv.com, WWL Newsroom – Louisiana will spend $205 million in BP oil spill money for a variety of projects to help recover from the 2010 disaster. Executive Director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Bren Haase says $176 million will be used to build marshland in the upper Barataria Basin.