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CPRA and Corps of Engineers Enter Agreement to Evaluate Flood Control Options for St. Tammany Parish

January 30, 2020
Contact: coastal@la.gov

BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today signed an agreement to investigate the most feasible means of providing additional flood protection and ecosystem restoration for St. Tammany Parish. The agreement launches the feasibility evaluation of projects to reduce flood damages and restore the ecosystem authorized by Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2016. The effort will result in recommended projects that would be eligible for federal funding in the future.