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

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You own land, have any equity? You are willing to walk away with empty-handed, because this is what will happen. Are you hoping the state or federal government will swope in to give you a buy-out?

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I’m inside the flood protection

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

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Fun fact…It is already there.

The water can be pretty salty that far inland, but the only good thing is on one day you can catch a bass in those areas and the next day catch a red fish.

Am I mixing up projects, but isn't one of the bigger issues with the rising cost was the cost was determined several years ago, then they started the next phase or 2 of the next study and realized the $3B would not go as far as the original study suggested because they took too long to actually start doing anything?

The biggest joke is that the same Plaquemines Parish lawyers that are involved in the suits against the oil companies for the damage done to the coast also represent the oystermen who killed this coastal restoration project.

I have a firm belief that a lot of people's pockets are getting lined with this money

Regardless, this is once again man so in love with greed that we forgotten that we are fleas on a damn dog and that dog can shake us off at any time and any place.

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Is it safe to assume Grand Isle will be under water in another 25 years?

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They have been saying that since the 1970's, and it is still there.

The islands if built and protected can be geologically stable. The sand does move with the current which is why places like Terrebonne's island chain has vanished into the gulf because there is nothing to protect them. The state goes in and rebuilds the island but they don't put enough hard materials to quell the wave action or allow plantlife to grow into a sustainable island with massive sand dunes like other areas.

The marshlands that are between the highlands and protected lands is where most land loss is occuring. Most of that land has turned into floaton marsh and gets pushed and moved around after a hurricane until it becomes open water.

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I have a firm belief that a lot of people's pockets are getting lined with this money

Regardless, this is once again man so in love with greed that we forgotten that we are fleas on a damn dog and that dog can shake us off at any time and any place.

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I think there is greed on both sides of this equation. You have the environmentalists that were going to cash in on all the studies after the project was built, all the construciton firms building the project cashing in, and you also have the engineers making money too. Also, you have the lawyers on both sides making money too. The ones that are really going to get screwed were the fishermen, they were the ones that had to most to gain with the project going forward because within the 3 billion were dollars earmarked that were going to pay them for losses incurred, but no telling how convoluted that system to make them whole was going to be.

The only ones making money on this are attorneys and engineers. The longer the parties keep dragging this one the longer the attorneys and engineers keep billing until there is nothing left.

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the same Plaquemines Parish lawyers that are involved in the suits against the oil companies for the damage done to the coast also represent the oystermen who killed this coastal restoration project.

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I’m absolutely shocked to hear this news.

Thats a shame

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My thought as well That is 16,000 acres. That's a nice chunk of land.

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That is over the life of the entire projected lifespan of the project. But Louisiana is expected to lose more than that.

That is like spinning a slot machine for 25 dollars and winning 10 dollars back.

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That is over the life of the entire projected lifespan of the project. But Louisiana is expected to lose more than that.

That is like spinning a slot machine for 25 dollars and winning 10 dollars back.

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Land loss would still happen away from the diversion. But still, according to the design and projections, the MBSD would have resulted in net land gain. So losing $25 but gaining $35, netting +$10 (to use your example.)