The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana signed a partnership agreement for the $6.5 billion Southwest Coastal Louisiana hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and coastal ecosystem restoration project. The signing ceremony was held June 21, 2023, at the Calcasieu Lock in Lake Charles, La. Maj. Gen. Diana Holland (middle), commanding general, USACE Mississippi Valley Division, Col. Cullen Jones (forefront), USACE New Orleans District commander, and Bren Haase, executive director, CPRA, participated in the signing ceremony. Southwest Coastal Louisiana was authorized in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016. Congress and the Administration made a national commitment by including $286 million in the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and $10 million in 2022 Community Project Funding to initiate construction of the non-structural flood risk management plan. These funds will be used to elevate an estimated 800-1000 of the overall 3,462 residential structures identified in the feasibility report. The project will be cost shared at 65% federal and 35% by CPRA. An additional $10 million Community Project Funding will be applied toward the project’s first restoration features, including six miles of shoreline protection at Rockefeller Refuge. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Labadens)
| Date Taken: | 06.21.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 06.22.2023 16:40 |
| Photo ID: | 7876518 |
| VIRIN: | 230621-A-GA223-6338 |
| Resolution: | 4784x3193 |
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| Location: | LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, US |
| Hometown: | LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, US |
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