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East and west bank levee protection update
The East Bank Hurricane Protection Levee is scheduled to be completed in September of 2007 to the federally-authorized height of 13.5 feet. […]
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Airline Highway study reopened
After a controversial study of Airline Highway barred barricades from being put in place, Sen. Joel Chaisson and Rep. Gary Smith have changed the minds of the house committee and the study of U.S. 61 will be reopened. […]
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La. Delegation presses NOAA for fisheries money also pushes for removal of debris in fishing grounds
WASHINGTON — United States Senators Mary Landrieu, and David Vitter and the entire Louisiana delegation asked the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to fairly distribute the $85 million for the Gulf Coast fishing and shrimping communities appropriated in the recently-passed Emergency Supplemental bill. […]
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Coastal Restoration gets $14 million boost
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter announced that $14 million in federal funding for the Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration project was included in the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which passed out of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee last week. […]
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Lake Pontchartrain
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter announced that $778,000 in federal funding for a West Shore-Lake Pontchartrain feasibility study was included in the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which passed out of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee last week. […]
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Legislators secure $4 million for west bank levee
Representative Gary Smith told the Herald-Guide they were able to secure $4 million for construction of a levee on the west bank side of the parish which currently has no protection from hurricanes and has been footing the bill on their own in an effort to build one. […]
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Million Dollar transit system to get rolling by year’s end say transit authorities
Residents expecting the new transit service through St. Charles and St. John parishes to arrive this summer will have to look for a another ride as the River Parishes Transit Authority isn’t expected to get the service running until near the end of the year. […]
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Spectacular fireworks, live band set for 4th
St. Charles Parish will celebrate July 4th with spectacular fireworks and live music on Tuesday, July 3, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the West Bank Bridge Park in Luling. […]
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$60 million decision:
St. Charles Parish tax districts, are deciding whether or not to lower millages at meetings scheduled throughout the summer. […]