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

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Was dredging one of the things that the fed/BP dollars would pay for? For some reason I thought that the dredging money had to go to barrier islands and not the bay that far up the river, but I could be mistaken on that.

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Various pots of money with strings attached. When the BP settlement framework was determined, CPRA chose to earmark specific funds to pay for their diversions and included barrier islands in the same pot of money to avoid looking like the decision was pre-determined which is unacceptable to the NEPA process. However, the decision was pre-determined which is 100% against the process … right now, the State has agreed to pay for the diversion no matter the cost. The CMAR could come back and say it’ll cost $5B and the State will have to pay … not the best arrangement to be in.