CPRA, USACE break ground on Southwest Louisiana Coastal Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to celebrate the start of the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project earlier this week.

This project will deliver a non-structural approach to providing a 1-percent level of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, primarily through a combination of elevating or floodproofing approximately 4,000 homes and businesses and undertaking much-needed coastal ecosystem restoration in the southwest portion of the state.

Also, the project was authorized through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).

Colonel Cullen A. Jones, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District Commander said: “The Corps is excited to partner with the state of Louisiana to bring much needed risk reduction the residents of Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermillion parishes. With this initial investment we will elevate approximately 800-1000 homes and construct approximately 11 miles of shoreline stabilization along our coast.”

The Southwest Coastal Louisiana Storm Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration Project will provide hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and coastal ecosystem restoration in 4,700 square mile area located in Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermilion Parishes.