re: Gov. Landry has pulled the plug on Louisiana’s biggest coastal project, Tulane expert says

That project should have been implemented before Landry. It was on the books for years. The planning and NEPA efforts should have been completed more aggressively as well as a dialogue with St. Bernard.

I’m not sure of the details, but saving 3.1 billion seems like a decent idea.

Was this diversion canal going to be the end-all-be-all to save the coast? No. It was, however, one tool in the toolbox to help save the coast. I worked on coastal projects after Katrina, but stuff like this is why I moved away. Politicians getting in the way of solutions. We had some of the smartest people in the world working on these solutions, and they never get done because of political bullshite. You don't want these expert's help, fine. Have fun with your coastline. The brain drain will continue with people like Landry in charge.

And let's talk about the "culture" that he's trying to save. I was visiting some family down Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Dularge last year, and the culture is pretty much already gone. It's depressing as hell down there after the most recent storms. I'm sorry if this is where you live, but surely you must see that it's not what it once was, right? What is Landry realty trying to save? It's not your culture. It's special interests.

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He wants to be President. No, really

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So did David Vitter. Coincidentally (or not), Vitter’s chief of staff is now Landry’s chief of staff. Lots of pandering to special interests.

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saving 3.1 billion seems like a decent idea.

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I don’t think the state can save it. It’s BP money, and some Fed, that will go away if not used for a major project like this.

And it’s too late to think up another project and spend another seven years on studies.

The diversion canal idea is dumb
As mentioned earlier 3 plus billion for 21 sq miles is crap.
We need to stop trying to play mover nature, at least completely.
Open up bayou lafourche at donaldsonville and let nature do its thing like it intended.

That is why the Atchafalaya basin is the only self rejuvenating area left.
And also that’s why I think we need to open bayou lafourche and let the sediment start building up again. If you have been to Grand isle lately, you see the vast body of water between the island and lower lafourche, it’s amazing and terrible all at the same time.
A crappy diversion canal is t going to do anything but pad the pockets of local contractors

At the same time the smartest people
In the world are who leveed the River and started the erosion

Couple of things from my knowledge on the situation:
No one would be "saving" any money from not doing this project. The state does not "get any money back". The funds came from the BP settlement and are and have been earmarked for coastal resoration projects. If this project is not done, then the funds will go to another coastal project - maybe in Louisiana, but maybe in another state on the gulf coast. What will happen, however, if this doesn't go, is someone is going to have to pay back the half a billion dollars that was spent to get this project started and mobilized. And it won't be the contractors - of which there are quite a few. That will likely fall on the state of Louisiana - pretty much the taxpayers. The delays are costing weekly. All of the contractors that are sitting out there for month after month after month doing nothing are billing CPRA weekly for their equipment and manpower being there. I've been there, and its a lot. I have no idea of the coastal impact - i'm not an engineer. I've been told that along with "replacing" the land mass - the sediment will also be fighting against further land loss. So - if this didnt happen, then those areas would be losing land like they are right now. This project would stop that loss and build it back. At least - thats what ive been told.