re: Cancellation of Mid-Barataria Diversion project could cost Louisiana at least $700 million

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"Being a past parish president, I believe it’s up to the parish to be satisfied.”

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What about the neighboring parishes that will (not might, will) suffer down the line for this stupidity?

a Long and Leander Perez frick LA forever

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That’s a great point. I believe there has been consistent uproar from the commercial fisherman; however, their concerns have been taken with a “grain of salt” because of the enormous settlements after BP. The fact that they got rich doesn’t change the fact that they will be severely impacted.
The biggest issue of alternatives is that dredging was not even considered. Only diversions…and the cost used to make the final decision was less $700M and the current cost is closer to $3.5B which doesn’t account for the $1.3B of levees to protect Lafitte. Also remember that the structure has a lifecycle of only 50 years. So more than likely would have to be replaced in 70 years which matches the two dredging cycles of $1.2B.

Again, I believe diversions could work but this current project is a complete boondoggle.

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you have bigger ASSumptions than a group of fatties at the buffet line.

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Nungesser

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Easily overlooked

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I'm asking do you know that they didn't apply because they did not have too which was suggested in your previous post as if it were fact? I'm asking because from previous experience getting a federal and state level permits is the first step in the permitting process. Getting parish level permit occurs after receipt of those permits not before.

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All I’ll say further on that is if the State turns around and blames archer western for not applying and terminates for cause (as opposed to terminating for convenience due to the litigation, etc), discovery will be very interesting and the State will look not great.

So, the protagonists in this disaster-in-process are Jeff Landry, Gordon Dove and Billy Nungesser. All are Republicans.
How did the Democrats cause this particular mess?

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you have bigger ASSumptions than a group of fatties at the buffet line.

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WTH are you babbling about?

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How much storm surge do these two areas reduce for population centers?

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Do you know the actual reduction or you just playing bullshite games to sound smart?

The key with the diversions is to rebuild land over time, year after year. After the initial major expense of building a structure that mimics the old river flooding, there is minor costs associated with maintenance unlike the yearly costs associated with dredging.

I’m very nearly starting to boycott Louisiana oysters. As mentioned, they got arse loads from BP. Now they “might” have to relocate their leases to historic mileage away from the launch due to the return of fresh water and that’s just too much for the ole baw to handle.

It’s utter nonsense that we can’t protect the freshwater systems because of politics.

The marsh dies every year because the lack of nutrients from the river. But no matter, the oyster man will shave 30 minutes boat ride.

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Do you know the actual reduction or you just playing bullshite games to sound smart?

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I know the number exactly…it’s 0.0