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  • Federal, state, and local officials break ground on Southwest Louisiana Coastal Project

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

  • Contract awarded for home elevation construction for the Southwest Coastal Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract for elevating 21 residential homes in Vermillion and Calcasieu Parishes.

  • Corps launches new web-based verification and application tool for Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project

    Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermillion Parishes property owners can now quickly and easily verify if they are eligible to participate and apply for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Project with a new web-based tool called “Is My Property Eligible.” The “Is My Property Eligible” tool allows property owners to complete questions in eight categories online to get immediate verification if they reside in the project area and submit an application.

  • Corps and State to host public meetings to discuss Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana are hosting a series of public meetings to discuss the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project. Meetings will begin with a 30-minute open house, followed by a 30-minute formal presentation, and ending with an open question and answer session.