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‘A gamechanger’: Long-awaited flood protection project breaks ground in River Parishes

July 26, 2021
Contact: coastal@la.gov

WDSU, Harrison Golden – A $760 million flood protection project in talks for decades is one step closer to reality in Louisiana’s River Parishes. Construction on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Flood Damage Risk Reduction Project started Monday in St. John the Baptist Parish.