Coastal Protection and
Restoration Authority

BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
released its 2019 Year in Review outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection
and restoration. The past year saw the advancement of 108 coastal projects including 33
projects either completed or in construction. 2019 also marked the first year of construction
utilizing both major sources of coastal funding from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act and
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.