re: Looks like Landry is going to tank the mid-Barataria diversion.

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You do realize that by doing so would completely bring a large swath of the economy to a standstill once the River shoaled in from the sediment.

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Why would the river shoal in?

Removing the last section of levees would allow for the natural ebbs and flows of the river and natural spring flooding?

Why "mimic" the old river floods with diversion canals, when you can actually have the real thing?

Diversion canals while better than nothing, is going to overshoot the sediment by pushing water through too fast. Some will settle in the right places, yes, but it's not the best solution.

And if somehow sediment was getting set in the river channel, we do what we do now... dredge.