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Advocates urge long‑distance sediment pipeline to rebuild coast; parish invited to Oct. 15 community meeting
Summary
A presenter described sedimentation in the Chacahoula/Chacalaya Basin and proposed a long‑distance sediment pipeline in a management plan to move basin sediment to coastal restoration sites; the presenter invited parish residents to a community meeting Oct. 15 and asked for multi‑parish support.
A coastal‑planning advocate briefed the Saint Martin Parish Public Works Committee on Sept. 16 about lost flood capacity in the Chacahoula/Chacalaya Basin and proposed directing basin sediment to coastal restoration sites using a long‑distance sediment pipeline.
The presenter said historic floodplain capacity has been lost to sedimentation and that the basin’s northern reaches are filling with sediment,…
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