I actually tried finding it early, Paul. No avail. I may be wrong on that, but I have sat in on discussions where the only things that were going to be done in the Southwest part of the state were in very small areas. As far as I know, the area west of Rockefeller is the only one that is getting any attention. I know of a couple of projects that were proposed, one in the vicinity of Cameron-Creole Watershed that were rejected by CPRA because it did not fit in with the plan. If you look at the maps of the master plan posted on their website, that area is in the Master Plan. Why was it denied then?
As for the original post, again, EDUCATE yourselves on the STATE OF THE COAST right now. RESTORE Act is going to fund a big part of this. That is money from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
This is one of several proposed measures to protect and restore the coast. They also proposed a levee around Lake Charles. Like that makes sense. This plan changes all the time. As busy as the ship channel is, it would be hard to reduce salinity flow into the lake. But there are technologies available now that would allow this to work. Ever heard of a freshwater head? Saltwater is denser than freshwater. The conventional locks everyone is familar with would not necesarily be the answer here. I have heard of balloon-type devises that boats can pass over but saltwater flow is reduced because they still block saltwater traveling deeper in the channel.
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