NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the St. Bernard Parish Council have come out against the proposed $2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The officials called it a threat to ...

Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is proposing a slate of projects that move definitively away from the large-scale river ...

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion had been hailed as the largest eco-restoration project in U.S. history; it was the corner stone to the state's master coastal plan, and was seen by advocates as ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - New questions were raised a meeting with Louisiana’s Coastal Protection Restoration Authority Wednesday (March 20) about what could wind up being one of the largest ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The head of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) assured lawmakers that funds allocated to the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Bay diversion project would not ...

A large barge carrying a crane struck the Barataria Bridge on Sunday night, leaving significant damage and rendering the bridge impassable. It's the only bridge available to more than 1,000 residents ...

It’s not just the price of gasoline and eggs and everything else that is going up: Construction costs are also rising, and Louisiana’s marquee coastal project is no exception. Like more than half a ...

The Town of Barataria in Jefferson Parish received much needed emergency equipment over the weekend. Guardsmen with the 225th Multi-Role Bridge Company began ferrying emergency equipment from Lafitte ...

In the annals of coastal protection efforts in Louisiana, progress has never been in a straight line. Periods of vigorous activity have been followed by periods of re-evaluation and assessment. It ...

BARATARIA, La. — The impacts of Hurricane Ida are still being felt across the state two hard hit areas Barataria and Lafitte where there is still standing water and many homes damaged. “Right now, ...

BARATARIA, La. — Floating problems in Bayou Barataria make navigating the major waterway in lower Jefferson Parish difficult for boats large and small. “It’s just another hurdle to navigate in an ...

HURRICANE IDA. THAT’S THE SENTIMENT FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE BARATARIA AREA WHO USE THE WATERWAYS FOR BOATING, FISHING OR LEISURE. AND YOU CAN’T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT SEEING A SUNKEN BOAT OR SOME DEBRIS ...