Ill. Gov. Edwards Announces Start of Construction on West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection Project
July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 26, 2021:
Gov. Edwards joined the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) along with federal, state, and local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system. The project will provide 100-year hurricane and storm surge protection to 60,000 Louisianans in St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes . . .
Gov. Edwards joined the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) along with federal, state, and local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system. The project will provide 100-year hurricane and storm surge protection to 60,000 Louisianans in St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes . . .