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WRDA 2024 authorizes $5.9 billion Saint Tammany Parish flood risk reduction project; CPRA to pursue design and appropriations
Summary
CPRA staff told the authority’s January 2025 meeting that the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 authorized a large Saint Tammany Parish flood risk reduction and coastal storm risk management program with an authorization figure cited as roughly $5.9 billion.
CPRA staff told the authority’s January 2025 meeting that the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 authorized a large Saint Tammany Parish flood risk reduction and coastal storm risk management program with an authorization figure cited in meeting materials as approximately $5.9 billion.
Glenn (executive director, CPRA) described the project as multi-feature and “multifaceted,” containing structural components (levees and flood walls) and nonstructural measures (home elevations). Presentation materials and board discussion listed the project’s features as protecting roughly 26,000 structures, an 18.5‑mile…
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