Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority News

Locals Seek Repairs After Storm Ate at Island Levee

NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Cristobal ate away the beach of Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island to the huge sand-filled tube at the core of a protective levee, and the Army Corps of Engineers says permits and studies keep it …

Louisiana Coastal Authority Votes to Sue Over Project Costs

Louisiana officials could sue in an attempt to force the federal government to pay for certain coastal recovery and levee projects. The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority voted Tuesday to authorize two lawsuits against the U.S. Army Corps of …