re: Louisiana officially canceling Mid-Barataria Diversion, state's biggest coastal project

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fortunately I was able to see the presentation a couple years ago at the Port of fusion, when you see it on a map in comparison to the total area around it, it is relatively small,,, and it would take 50 years to achieve

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25 sq mi is more are than has been built by the Wax Lake delta; which is an incredible feat of Mother Nature.

To bad your ignorance is shared with the idiots making decisions

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One day the gulf will be at Belle chase, Lafitte and Larose

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And spending $3 billion dollars on this boondoggle would not have changed that fact.

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would only create 25 mi.² of land in one small area

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Thats a sizeable chunk of land gain. Now instead of gaining that land plus replenishing sediment for existing land, we’ll continue to lose even more land.

Its a much bigger net difference that 25 sq miles when you factor in that land that’ll continue eroding away.

Yeah well Landry forgets there are something called laws.

This diversion project just doesn’t simply go away. Votes have to be cast. Legislation has to be changed.

Big ol nothingburger from Napoleon Landry.

Again.

I drive HWY 23 often. There is almost nothing between Jesuit Bend and Port Sulphur. Anything that is there is either elevated, or in the case of the new LNG plant, has its own flood protection. Remove all those river and back levees.

This money would be better spent elevating HWY 23 over that stretch, and removing those river levees. Let the Mississippi flood the entire Barataria basin every year.

Spend whatever leftover money there is building up lower JP levees (such as Marrero & Lafitte) for times of historically high river levels.

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This money would be better spent elevating HWY 23 over that stretch, and removing those river levees. Let the Mississippi flood the entire Barataria basin every year.

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Sounds great, but the oyster and shrimp farmers don't give a shite about our state. They just want the shrimping area and oyster beds to stay exactly where they are and will make sure to lobby against any attempt to rebuild our coast

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5 years from now will be interesting to see how much FEMA is charging for flood insurance in those two parishes

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Hopefully Plaquemines and St. Bernard will be made to pick up the tab for the rest of Louisiana’s flood insurance. They deserve it.

Corrupt, stupid politicians make me sick, and this shite hole state is full of them.

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No sitting governor has the power to change 200 years of governance to reflect current legislation, with one fell swoop of his dirty pen.

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I'm no fan of him, but he has authority over CPRA and through it, the State Coastal Master plan. All my they had to do was leave it out of the FY budget.

Per the CPRA press release I saw, they're going forward with the Myrtle Grove dredging project as a replacement.

Eta: I'm just glad he can't dismantle CPRA without legislative action and a constitutional amendment.

Saw an interview on TV a while back with a scientist and supporter of the diversion. The scientist said people against the diversion were scared that their way of life will change. The scientist said they were absolutely right, the diversion WILL CHANGE how the live, but their way of life IS CHANGING ANYWAY, and the diversion provides some hope of a sustainable future on the land and water, otherwise the change that will happen is nothing will be left for anyone.

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Oysters are good, who gives a shite

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And in 20 years when the bulk of the industry has converted to off-bottom oyster farming, these areas will sit idle.


The real reason why this has been cancelled has nothing to do with the social and environmental impacts or legal issues. It's because the current state leaders have friends, families, and donors who stand to benefit financially from "dredge baby, dredge".

Guarantee that someone at the top stands to financially benefit from this.

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The Medium Diversion at Myrtle Grove with Dedicated Dredging feasibility study (MDMG) is a Mississippi River diversion with dedicated dredging ecosystem restoration project identified in the LCA program. It was authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Section 7006(c)(1)(E) and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana is the cost-share partner in the development and implementation of this project.

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