John Bel Edwards: We need the Mid-Barataria diversion to help save our coast

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If there’s one thing most Louisianans agree on, it is this: the value and necessity of restoring and protecting our coast.

For decades, we’ve taught our schoolchildren about the dire land loss crisis we face as a state. And for the first time, our coastal program is making major, tangible progress in our fight to restore much of what’s been lost.

During my second inaugural address, I made the declaration that over the next four years, we will break ground on projects that will restore more land than we expect to lose.

While the majority of CPRA’s master plan includes coastal restoration projects that are accomplished through dredging, the cornerstone of the plan calls for sediment diversion projects that will reconnect the river to the basins it once nourished. These diversions serve the dual purpose of protecting our existing projects and investments while building a natural storm surge buffer along our coast.

Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_69f20622-c2f8-11eb-8551-4789c5f16bae.html

[ShazamIam]

1. I don't see any mention of reigning in the oil industry to combat the climate change nor

any suggestion that they pay taxes for costs associated with the need for this project.

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2. And how about having his dumb senators vote for the infrastructure bill...

because if anything qualifies for repairing infrastructure it would be saving the state's fragile golf coast and fishing industry.

Sometimes these fools refuse to see what's good for their own selves and the nation in their need to own the libs.

Just stupid.

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3. Unlikely when it looks like both Louisiana's U.S. Senators are secessionists. Kennedy and Cassidy

are both Trump MAGATS.

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4. Seccessionists? Hah! Like that's gonna happen.

And I know they're magats but still, their state is one of the poorest in the union and could use some huge infrastructure project bucks. Sometimes those good ol' boys, and I know that just a pretend image with Kennedy who's really a scholar, sometimes these boys take a stance that hurts rather than helps their state.

Too bad.