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State pays $20,000 for destroyed wetlands at City Park golf course
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:12 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:12 am
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Louisiana had to pay nearly $20,000 to compensate for City Park illegally clearing more than an acre of wetlands for a new championship golf course, park officials said Wednesday (Jan. 27). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last year ruled that the City Park Improvement Association removed 1.31 acres of wetlands near Couturie Forest without a required permit, in violation of the federal Clean Water Act, and construction was ordered to stop.
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:13 am to BRgetthenet
Damn tree huggers. Wetlands are just a haven for mosquitos, nutria and disease
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:14 am to BRgetthenet
Nice use of Nixon...since the Clean Water Act (amendment to the Pollution Control Act) was enacted under his Presidency. Not sure how many people remember that.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:15 am to madmaxvol
Yeah, and in the meantime let's destroy the coast.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:15 am to BRgetthenet
Ahhhh who cares? A slight rise in sales tax should take care of this issue. Nothing to see here.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:16 am to Cosmo
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Wetlands are just a haven for mosquitoes, nutria and disease
Unless of course they are saving the state by minimizing storm surge.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:16 am to BRgetthenet
Good. The new golf course is going to be aweosme and a massive source of revenue for the park. Pre-Katrina the golf courses funded the entire park. Including conservation and green efforts.
I can't wait for the new course.
I can't wait for the new course.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:17 am to Black n Gold
If only Jindal was still governor, the budget would be fine.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:17 am to Scooba
Right.
When's the last time anybody gave a flippin shite about that?
When's the last time anybody gave a flippin shite about that?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:18 am to BRgetthenet
the state should be paying 20,000 to have that street north of park renamed. Disgusting, it is 2016 New Orleans Catch up.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:19 am to BRgetthenet
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new championship golf course
Wow. Didn't know anything about this. Awesome.
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Louisiana had to pay nearly $20,000
Worth it
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:21 am to PhiTiger1764
Absolutely.
I hope TPC LA enjoyed their run with the Zurich.
Gonna be awesome when it's in New Orleans.
I hope TPC LA enjoyed their run with the Zurich.
Gonna be awesome when it's in New Orleans.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:25 am to BRgetthenet
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Gonna be awesome when it's in New Orleans
A brutally hot US open would pretty sweet or even better a Ryder cup but that is a pipe dream at this point.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 8:26 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:35 am to BRgetthenet
Well, everyone has to play by the same rules
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:41 am to Dire Wolf
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the state should be paying 20,000 to have that street north of park renamed. Disgusting, it is 2016 New Orleans Catch up.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:46 am to Breesus
It is still insane I have to rent a kayak to putter around city park, own use is not permitted.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:47 am to BRgetthenet
$20k is actually pretty cheap for 1.3 acres of wetland
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:47 am to Jcorye1
I didn't know that. I usually take Bayou St.John but I guess that answers my question of where to launch first this spring.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:50 am to BRgetthenet
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28-hole golf course
well, that's something new.
and, I'm o.k. with 404 permitting process, but this is a fricking joke:
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Becker has said that the land in question was soaked by a leaking water pipe, which was capped in April. The Corps of Engineers, though, identified the area as bottomland hardwood wetlands that "connect directly to a man-made drainage ditch which ties into City Park's lagoons, Bayou St. John and Lake Pontchartrain."
"While the applicant maintains the wetlands exist due the ruptured water pipe, it is also likely the site reverted to wetlands due to water sheet flow, ponding and the landscape/contours present at the site," the corps said.
In any event, $20k on a $30mm project is not even a blip.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 8:53 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:59 am to BRgetthenet
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Yeah, and in the meantime let's destroy the coast. What a joke.
You seem so mad.
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