Gov. Landry Says Coastal Restoration Project 'No Longer Financially or Practically Viable'

Editorial: Governor should tell public what his goals are for upending levee board

Editorial: Gov. Jeff Landry, his friend Shane Guidry, and his appointee Roy Carubba have, for better or worse, completely upended the board of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. They have a duty to make sure the actual agency operations are running more smoothly than the board is, and Landry should explain to the public what he is doing and why,

NUNGESSER: It Was Time to Abandon the Mid-Barataria Diversion and Truly Save Our Coast

Editor’s Note: a guest post by Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser. When the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion was first proposed, it was presented as a silver bullet to save coastal Louisiana. At that time, the project was projected to cost $250 million. Today, the price tag has ballooned to more than $3 billion—and that doesn’t even […] The post NUNGESSER: It Was Time to Abandon the Mid-Barataria Diversion and Truly Save Our Coast appeared f…

Gov. Landry says coastal restoration project 'no longer financially or practically viable'

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has weighed in on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. Landry posted a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Monday morning, saying, "The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, in its current form, is no longer financially or practically viable. Beyond the financial concerns, the MBSD threatens Louisiana’s seafood industry, our coastal culture, and the livelihoo…

E&E News: La. cancels $3B coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement

Gov. Jeff Landry said in a statement that the project is "no longer financially or practically viable," noting that the cost has doubled since 2016.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser releases letter addressing cancellation of $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

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