Congress Backs Funds for Louisiana Hurricane ShieldIt went on to say that this lets us move faster to construction than just having a study done, and shortens the timeframe by several years. Sharp said it was encouraging that the same lawmakers who would be asked to approve construction funding moved quickly to authorize a multimillion dollar design phase.
Congress bolstered the outlook for building Louisiana's Hurricane protection system to defend against major 5 storms after a water and energy conference committee agreed on a major spending bill Monday.
The conference report includes a provision calling for the US Army Corps of Engineers to conduct an analysis and design of a new, stronger storm protection system at FULL FEDERAL EXPENSE, said Adam Sharp, a spokesman for US Senator Mary Landrieu. Sharp said the committee agreed to spend $8 million for the analysis and design project "significantly more than a study".
Good for New Orleans. Hopefully, good for South Louisiana.
2 comments:
It's a study. A small start. We'll take it, but the worry is that when the study is completed, other priorities will have taken over and the urgent need will have been forgotten.
I hope it does help Louisiana, but I rear that all it will do is give us more rich relatives and cronies...
MC
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