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Committee hears CPRA update amid legal, funding questions over Mid‑Barataria diversion
Summary
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority officials told the committee project funding and construction for the Mid‑Barataria diversion are in flux as litigation and trustee funding allocations continue; officials said unspent federal trustee funds would be returned to the designated settlement pots if a project is halted or modified.
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officials briefed the Joint Budget Committee on FY26 recommendations and answered detailed questions about the Mid‑Barataria diversion project, the largest coastal project in the agency’s plan.
CPRA Executive Director Glenn Lade and staff said roughly $400–$500 million has been spent to date on the project and that trustee funding committed for construction — National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NRDA (Natural Resource Damage Assessment) allocations — total several hundred million…
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