Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority News

Agencies Sign Partnering Agreement For Houma Navigation Canal Deepening

October 4, 2023

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the Port of Terrebonne met in… Read More

Holland Takes Farewell Tour Of New Orleans District From left, Col. Cullen Jones, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, and Ben Haase sign partnership agreement. (Photo courtesy of Corps of Engineers)

From left, Col. Cullen Jones, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, and Ben Haase sign partnership agreement. (Photo courtesy of Corps of Engineers)

Holland Takes Farewell Tour Of New Orleans District

June 30, 2023

Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division and president of the Mississippi River Commission, was in the New Orleans Engineer District… Read More

Chip Kline Resigns As Chairman Of Louisiana CPRA

June 6, 2023

Chip Kline has resigned as director for coastal activities and chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards named Bren Haase… Read More

NFWF Awards $660 Million For Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Project Now Fully Funded

March 20, 2023

In a season where inflation and supply chain issues are disrupting some infrastructure projects, at least one is moving ahead at full speed and full funding: the Mid-Barataria Sediment… Read More

Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion To Receive $2.26 Billion In Funding

February 21, 2023

The pieces are falling into place for construction to begin this year on Louisiana’s massive Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, planned for the west bank of the Mississippi River near the… Read More

WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter Hosts Annual Meeting In New Orleans From Norma Jean Mattei’s presentation at the WEDA Gulf Coast chapter meeting: two satellite views of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, one from June 5, 2018 (low water, left), and the other from May 7, 2019 (high water, right).

From Norma Jean Mattei’s presentation at the WEDA Gulf Coast chapter meeting: two satellite views of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, one from June 5, 2018 (low water, left), and the other from May 7, 2019 (high water, right).

WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter Hosts Annual Meeting In New Orleans

November 28, 2022

The Gulf Coast chapter of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) held its annual meeting in New Orleans November 7–9. Donald Hayes, also known as “the dredging professor,” presented… Read More

CPRA Planning Freshwater Diversion Near Bayou Boeuf Lock

November 11, 2022

The state of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is proposing to build a freshwater diversion at Bayou Boeuf Lock in Morgan City near Mile 94 on the… Read More

Louisiana CPRA Completes Largest Restoration Project By Acreage To Date Timbalier Island, part of the Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment project. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority)

Timbalier Island, part of the Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment project. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority)

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