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re: Louisiana officially canceling Mid-Barataria Diversion, state's biggest coastal project
Posted on 7/18/25 at 6:47 am to OGhunter777
Posted on 7/18/25 at 6:47 am to OGhunter777
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Hauled equipment there - Got the site ready
Bought millions worth of materials as well. Gonna have brand new materials on auction sites soon.
I do not know this as gospel, but I have been told that the GC likes to buy new machinery for a project like this. After the job is over, they auction off the iron. If that is true, they are going to take a bath on this part of the situation.
The untold story is all of the guys that the GC hired away from local construction companies now are unemployed.
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Posted on 7/18/25 at 6:48 am to speckledawg
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Think I confused that with the mid Breton plan
Probably only 30% plans at this point. Not too far down this road.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 6:52 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Nungesser drops out of governor's race and gets what he wanted.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 6:57 am to bearhc
Years ago Don Dubuc predicted this. He made the argument that we should focus on saving what was still left instead of the pie in the sky map of 1886.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:44 am to iron banks
In all fairness, stevie wonder could have seen this coming.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 1:10 pm to iron banks
That's like admitting the Dutch are better than us! Never surrender!
Posted on 7/19/25 at 10:43 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Besides the wasting of 616 million dollars, were we fans of the actual project? Was that going to affect the fishing along the coast? I admittedly don’t know much about the project itself other than it was supposed to help rebuild land
Posted on 7/19/25 at 10:56 am to Geaux23
Why wouldn't you be? Who gives a frick about shrimpers and oystermen having to travel further? They won't have to travel very far in 25 years when Houma is underwater.
Asking about whether fishing along the coast is going to be affected when the southern part of the state is going to be consumed by the ocean is incredibly stupid.
Asking about whether fishing along the coast is going to be affected when the southern part of the state is going to be consumed by the ocean is incredibly stupid.
This post was edited on 7/19/25 at 10:57 am
Posted on 7/19/25 at 11:37 am to Zach Lee To Amp Hill
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Asking about whether fishing along the coast is going to be affected when the southern part of the state is going to be consumed by the ocean is incredibly stupid.
Asking about a topic I admit to not knowing a lot about is stupid?
You can frick off back to the OT dickhead it was just a fricking question
Posted on 7/19/25 at 2:05 pm to Geaux23
I was a fan of it. Dredging and rock will not fix anything.
The only way to slow or stop the tide is to do it with the river.
The only way to slow or stop the tide is to do it with the river.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 7:07 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
This is going to run the way the Comite project did, die for decades then be too little too late down the road at a higher cost to tax payers. Landry has been a complete disappointment. The area they are wanting to introduce freshwater to had freshwater pushing through it prior to the levees. The oyster and shrimp lobbies somehow keep their claws in Lousiana politicians at the detriment to the state.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 9:14 am to bearhc
Fat Billy never had a chance at Guvnor.
Lower Louisiana will eventually get what they voted for.
Lower Louisiana will eventually get what they voted for.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 10:47 am to Scrowe
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Landry has been a complete disappointment.
He has been exactly what he’s always been. A dumbass
Posted on 7/20/25 at 11:56 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Politics is always about power.
Reason #63738 why we can’t have nice things in this banana republic.
Selling out grandkids’ future opportunities for the here and now.
Reason #63738 why we can’t have nice things in this banana republic.
Selling out grandkids’ future opportunities for the here and now.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 12:17 pm to TheDeerHunter
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Landry
I remember when we had a sensical Republican (Ralph Abraham) on the ballot and instead of him we chose Eddie F’ing Rispone to run on the Republican ticket because south Louisiana baws didn’t want some north Louisiana hand
Posted on 7/21/25 at 10:52 am to Scrowe
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Landry has been a complete disappointment.
If only there had been signs...
Posted on 7/21/25 at 10:55 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Everybody should’ve seen this coming from a mile away.
Landry has duped a lot of people that just weren’t paying attention when voting.
Landry has duped a lot of people that just weren’t paying attention when voting.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 10:55 am to KemoSabe65
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Fat Billy never had a chance at Guvnor.
He's fatter and sloppier than he has ever been. Dude regularly shows up to public meetings looking like a drunk.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 12:42 pm to Geaux23
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Besides the wasting of 616 million dollars, were we fans of the actual project? Was that going to affect the fishing along the coast? I admittedly don’t know much about the project itself other than it was supposed to help rebuild land
It was kind of the keystone of the coastal master plan. Dredging creates immeidate effects, but without new sediment it just gets washed away in a storm. The diversion would take a long time to build land, but it would be more sustainable. The success of West Bay, the Atchafalaya, Neptune, Mardi Gras pass, and others have shown that diversions do work just not quickly. There was a study on Neptune/Mardi Gras showing that the initial building was relocated sediment but since then sediment from the river has been building more land. The river carries considerably less sediment than it did before the levees, but high river years do get a heavier sediment load. The 2011 high river helped West Bay acculmulate a significant amount of sediment.
Would push saltwater species further out due to the introduction of freshwater. Just like Bonne Carre, saltwater species are dispersed in years after the opening. Just have to go further out to catch them. Long term, would benefit redfish, bass, shrimp.
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