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CPRA reports new construction starts, grant award and public-comment schedule in February implementation update
Summary
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority reported construction starts on several projects including LaBranche Shoreline and Grand Bayou Ridge, announced a $5 million National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant for Chandeleur Island work, and reminded the public the draft annual plan comment period closes March 22, 2025.
Glenn Ladev, executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, told the board Wednesday that the agency now has 109 active projects, with 37 in construction and 68 in engineering and design.
Ledev highlighted recent construction starts and funding updates that affect multiple basins across coastal Louisiana. He said the LaBranche Shoreline Protection Project in St. Charles Parish began work in January and involves about 13,000 linear feet of rock dike as part of a roughly $25 million regional shoreline protection effort. He also said the Grand Bayou Ridge and Marsh Creation Restoration Project in Plaquemines Parish began construction Jan. 12 with Wicks Marine as contractor and an estimated cost of about $62.4 million for roughly 3,356 acres of marsh creation and about 10,657 linear feet of forested…
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