Plaquemines Parish plans to build a $1.5 million, 40-acre circular barrier island to protect and help rebuild Cat Island, according to nola.com.
P.J. Hahn, Parish Coastal Director , said Tuesday that the Dredging Supply Company of Reserve is expected to help with sediment dredging.
Hahn said the state gave Plaquemines Parish $1.2 million for the barrier project and that the parish is putting up $260,000.
“The $1.5 million will go to construct the barrier island, which will wrap about a 40-acre swath within Cat Bay — alongside Barataria Bay. Cat Island sits in the middle of that 40-acre area in Plaquemines, ” Hahn concluded.
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Dredging Today Staff, May 23, 2012;