Office of Coastal Management

Public meetings— details on La. coastal restoration plans Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - A milestone has been reached by the multi-agency team studying how to restore Louisiana's coastal ecosystem.

"The Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) study has determined the costs and benefits for each of the 32 localized project alternatives that will be brought together in a coast wide restoration plan," said Troy Constance, the study's project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Members of the federal-state agency team, and other coastal engineers and scientists, will present details of the study to the public at four locations across south Louisiana beginning next week. Officials with the LCA expect the results to lead to implementation of a $14 billion construction plan to restore coastal Louisiana.

State Department of Natural Resources' project manager Jon Porthouse joins Corps officials in encouraging public participation and discussion on the calculated effects of the subprovince alternatives approach and the process being developed to select a coast wide restoration plan.

Schedule of public meetings:

Houma - 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27
Houma Municipal Auditorium
800 Verret Street
Houma, La. 70360

Lafayette - 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 28
Estuarine Habitat and Coastal Fisheries Center
646 Cajundome Boulevard
Lafayette, La. 70373

Lake Charles - 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 29
Contraband Room
Lake Charles Civic Center
900 Lakeshore Drive
Lake Charles, La. 70601

New Orleans - 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 2
Lindy Boggs International Conference Center
Research Technology Park of UNO
2045 Lakeshore Drive (end of Elysian Fields Avenue)

Other agencies on the team are the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conversation Service, National Marine Fisheries Service.

To view DNR's Office of Coastal Restoration and Management publication:
Introduction to Subprovince Alternatives for the LCA Study

Public meetings notice http://www.coast2050.gov
La. Coastal Area project page http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/lca

Editors: For more information on this topic, contact Jon Porthouse at 225-342-9421.