Pulse: Project News for the Week of March 21, 2022
LOUISIANA
The Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority is planning to carry out a program of five hydrologic restoration projects. Grande Cheniere Ridge Marsh Creation will create up to 624 acres of marsh near Bayou Grande Cheniere, 12,480 ft of earthen ridge along Jefferson Canal, and 48,900 ft of earthen containment dike, a project valued at $65 million. Terrebonne Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation Project will create up to 1,430 acres of brackish and saline marsh and restore up to 80 acres of earthen ridge, valued at $157 million. Bird’s Foot Delta Hydrologic Restoration will restore the hydrology of the Mississippi River Bird’s Foot Delta by dredging Pass-a-Loutre, South Pass, and Southeast Pass to reconnect the river with the marshes of the eastern and central delta, valued at $6 million. Isle au Pitre Restoration will enhance nesting conditions on the island by elevating portions of the island with dredged sediment and planting suitable vegetation for nesting brown pelicans and wading birds, shell rakes for American oystercatchers and shell or small limestone on the perimeter of the island for tern and black skimmer nesting habitat, valued at $3.5 million. Terrebonne Houma Navigation Channel Island Restoration will enlarge the island from its current size of 32 acres to approximately 50 acres by importing dredged sediment from a nearby suitable sand source and disposing of it adjacent and onto the existing island, valued at $3.1 million. Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority, 150 Terrace Ave.,
Baton Rouge, 70802. DR#22-00479344.