Yesterday Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state will receive $2.6 billion in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Supplemental Disaster Relief).
This funding will support coastal, water management, and hurricane risk reduction projects throughout south Louisiana.
The supplemental disaster relief bill provides resources for Louisiana to recover further from Hurricane Ida.
Through the IIJA, Congress appropriated funds to USACE to increase coastal resilience by funding flood control, navigation, and ecosystem restoration projects.
The supplemental disaster relief bill includes over $2 billion in funding for coastal and other flood protection projects, including: $783 million for New Orleans to Venice Hurricane Protection Project, $453 million for West Shore Lake Pontchartrain, $94.3 million for Southeast Louisiana, $3.8 million for Grand Isle and Vicinity and $3 million for Tangipahoa Parish.
