re: LA Oyster Task Force on Cancelation of Diversion Project: Victory for LA's Working Coast

This also make New Orleans more vulnerable.
I'm surprised the Nola elite are not going apeshit. They should have more pull than oyster farmers.

You should do a little digging into Prestige, that family is a piece of work and that's all I'll say about that.

frick these Rosy Finchers

People have been harvesting oysters in the Gulf ever since there were people there to do it.

It’s a ridiculous argument.

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no matter where the initial funding came from

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It was not just the initial funding. The design and scope as bid was 100% funded from BP oil spill funds that is managed by a trust. Would it have gone over that allocated amount? Possibly. Would the BP trust have allocated more funds for overages a year or 2 or 3 into the job? Maybe or maybe not. But - the project was fully funded to cover the most recent bids for the job. The company that I work for did put yearly escalators into our bid for estimated price increases - as I am sure others did as well. So - at least some of the rising material costs were covered in the allocated funding.

Now - CPRA was overseeing the project and they are a state entity funded with tax dollars, so from that standpoint, there was a minimal amount of taxpayer dollars being spent. But I have to believe that would have been offset many many times over with the tax revenue that would have been obtained from the actual construction itself. Hundreds of people staying local, eating local, shopping local, etc.

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This also make New Orleans more vulnerable.
I'm surprised the Nola elite are not going apeshit. They should have more pull than oyster farmers.

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This confederacy of dunces will never not ring true

New Orleans, is on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive

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This was a 3 billion dollar construction project that the Louisiana Taxpayer was not paying for

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Critics of the project, say it would cost taxpayers $30 to $50 million a year for increased dredging, destroy Grand Isle, and impact drinking water for several parishes.

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Momentum stalled on April 26 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) suspended its Clean Water Act Section 404 permit “pending further review,” according to the Corps. A letter from the Army Corps to CPRA Chairman Gordon Dove, dated April 25, 2025, stated that during the permit review, the Edwards administration withheld information essential for regulators to evaluate environmental impacts. Additionally, the Corps stated that the state failed to ensure local flood insurance compliance or warrant that it had the financial wherewithal for maintenance dredging.

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