SOUTHWEST COASTAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PROJECTS – Update and Path Forward CPRA Meeting January 22, 2013 committed to our coast

SOUTHWEST COASTAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PROJECTS – Update and Path Forward

CPRA MeetingJanuary 22, 2013

committed to our coastcommitted to our coast

Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana


• The Feasibility Cost Share Agreement was signed between CPRA and the Corps in January 2009.

• The study is multi-purpose = coastal restoration and hurricane protection. Is cost shared 50-50.

• We are progressing under our third set of policy guidance from Corps Headquarters:

1.Original Project Management Plan 2.More modeling detail, sea level rise considerations,

increased Corps review3.SMART Planning process

Southwest Coastal Overview 1


• The Project Delivery Team has the active participation of many stakeholder groups and agencies.

• Corps has not been able to budget for the study for the past two Fiscal years.

• Approximately 59 percent of estimated total study costs have been expended to date (Corps = $2.7 mil; State = $2.5 mil).

Southwest Coastal Overview 2


Status

• The Study has produced a Scoping Report and Value Engineering Report.

• The current schedule indicates a Draft Feasibility Report in March 2014 and a Signed Chief’s Report in December 2014.

• The State has funds budgeted to complete the study.

• Measure types under evaluation are in concert with the 2012 State Master Plan.



Proposed Path Forward

In order to achieve a Federally authorized project we need to continue partnering with the Corps, revise the Project Management Plan, and provide the Corps funding (on as needed basis) for processing and review.


Discussion/Questions

Southwest Coastal


South Central Project

South Central Project

Backround:

•A CPRA effort to identify opportunities for hurricane protection and coastal restoration in Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin parishes.

•Funding source = Legislature - $225k Surplus Funds - $ 1 mil



South Central

• The May 2012 Planning Report identified hurricane damages, shoreline erosion, and wetland loss as serious problems.

• It developed a list of measures for further evaluation and noted the 2012 Master Plan examined and included many of these.

• The Master Plan recommended major hurricane levees for the region, shoreline protection in Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bay, oyster reef restoration, ridge restoration, and non-structural measures in all three parishes.


Possible South Central Structures


• Continue working with the Iberia and St. Mary Levee Boards

• Coordinate interaction of projects between Southwest Coastal and South Central (determine optimum junction points for levee tie ins on west and east sides)

• Further develop restoration measures in State Master Plan

• Advance specific hydrologic modeling; preliminary engineering; and permitting

• Work to incorporate South Central funding in future Annual Plan budgets

Proposed Path Forward


Discussion/Questions

South Central Coastal

Documents

SOUTHWEST COASTAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PROJECTS – Update and Path Forward CPRA Meeting January 22, 2013 committed to our coast