3/15/2024 0 Comments Data cleaning vs data dredging![]() ![]() The $59+ million project is funded through Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) provided by the State, as well as Plaquemines, Jefferson and Lafourche Parishes. ![]() The project reestablishes a stretch of emergent wetlands by using Mississippi River sediment and provides an adequate corridor that supports equipment mobilization for long-distance sediment conveyance while minimizing incremental and future environmental impacts. It is bounded by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on the north, and by non-federal hurricane protection levees to the east and west. ![]() The project site is in the Barataria Basin Landbridge section of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, approximately 15 miles south of New Orleans and west of the Mississippi River. Long Distance Sediment Pipeline – Barataria The material is placed in a deteriorated wetland at specific elevations so that desired marsh plants will colonize and grow to form new marsh. Dredged material/marsh creation projects involve the beneficial use of sediment that is frequently dredged for maintenance of navigation channels and access canals, or material may be dredged specifically for marsh creation. ![]()
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