Louisiana Trustees Approve Almost $215 Million to Restore Marsh and Ridge Habitats
The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group has approved a final plan including construction activities for the restoration of wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitats injured in the Louisiana Restoration Area. It is estimated that these projects will restore almost 4,500 acres of marsh and more than 130 acres of ridge habitats in the Barataria and Pontchartrain basins.
The plan analyzes restoration project design alternatives for two projects that are components of larger marsh restoration strategies:
Spanish Pass Project is a component of an overall large-scale restoration strategy for the Barataria Basin that will re-establish ridge and intertidal marsh habitats (estimated 132 acres of historical ridge and 1,683 acres of marsh habitats; estimated cost, $100.3 million).
Lake Borgne Marsh Creation - Increment One project is also a component of an overall large-scale restoration strategy for the Pontchartrain Basin that will reestablish the bay rim and intertidal marsh habitat (estimated 2,816 acres of restored marsh habitat; estimated cost, $114.7 million).
We have selected and approved a design alternative for construction of each, with a combined construction cost of approximately $214,932,290.
