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

Reading this thread reminds me that this board has some very smart people posting... and some absolute dumbasses posting.

It's truly amazing how a single message board can bring so many different types of people into the fold.

Benefit or not, Watch for Scalise to crush it to make sure Graves gets NO win on the way out the door.

Probably so and it would be the most LA move since Earl Long thought he was sticking it to the Feds when he originally negotiated the 3 miles instead of the 9 miles like FL and TX.

Is 21 square miles over 50 years really worth $3 billion?

Spot-on assessment.

Why do they have to build a multibillion dollar structure? Why can't the USACOE just blow some holes in the levees? The Mississippi River broke its banks in 2011 and created Mardi Grass Pass. It is now creating land for free.

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Do y’all know how small 21 square miles is?

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How much more land will we keep losing without the diversion? So not only are you gaining 21 square miles of new land, but you're preventing the continued erosion of existing land.

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Louisiana gets what it deserves. Consistently shitty governors. Nothing changes.

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I saw this from my teenage years and vowed to leave and did.

More ridiculous is the fact that everyone says its ridiculous and no one does a thing about it. They still lock and load the same talking heads every single term. Its laughable.

The same happens in all parishes as well.

The problem is all the talent left the state.

Louisiana is the equivalent of every other foreign country the US plucks the best and brightest from leaving them with average folks. A bunch of average folks driven by greed.

Also consider this:
The 2.9 or 3 billion is not in any way coming from Louisiana taxpayers dollars. It is money that is already there. If the state does not use it on this project, then the state will have to pay back the 500 or so million that has already been handed out to the contractors - which will be difficult to do. Then the allocated 3 or so billion will be earmarked for another coastal project - maybe not in the state of Louisiana. The 3 billion is going to the contractors who will then pay their subs and suppliers. Many of whom are local companies. And they employ mostly local residents. The non local residents are renting apartments or long term hotels or spots in RV parks. They are eating at local restaurants and shopping for groceries at local gas stations and local stores. This is sales tax revenue that will be coming in over the 4 or so year lifespan of the construction of the project. Local companies and local divisions of companies are hiring more people in the area to keep up with the demand of the construction - which is income tax revenue. The state is not paying a dollar for the construction but has been and will be gaining revenue because of the project. Just the company that I work for has hired 6 local employees (including myself) and contracted a dozen local companies to do a variety of work to set up our facilities for this project. There are dozens of other companies setting up in the area for this project that are doing the same. It is helping the local economy without using any taxpayer dollars to pay for the construction up front.

So the plan is to spend $2,000,000,000 dollars for 12,000 acres of land? In addition to adding fresh water to the current eco system? The ROI just isn’t there for this project.

Louisiana should fight to keep the earmarked money for more sustainable coastal projects.

CPRA is in the process of a Mid Breton Land Bridge project that is much more feasible with similar results at a fraction of the costs of the diversion.

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