re: Mid-Barataria Diversion

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Or in all those areas upstream that are silted in where they are constantly dredging what if they put that dredge material in a barge and ship it down River and build land with it

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The USACE is obligated to maintain the nav channel by the most cost effective method possible. Sometimes this includes beneficial use with the material, but not always. They would need outside dedicated funds in many cases to utilize the sediment to build marsh, and this has been done before. But the money has to come from somewhere (CPRA, etc.)