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Gov. Edwards Cuts Ribbon on First Tidal Protection System for Greater Lafitte Area

August 21, 2020
Contact: coastal@la.gov

Lafitte — Gov. Edwards today joined local and state officials to cut the ribbon on a recently completed $30 million levee-enhancement project in Jefferson Parish, the first in a series of projects that will protect the greater Lafitte-Barataria-Crown Point community from tidal surge flooding and other extreme weather events.