PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 18-Apr-2024
PROJECT DATA
| PROJECT: West Belle Pass Barrier Headland Restoration Project |
| PRIORITY LIST: 16 | PROJECT NO: 1604 | CWPPRA NO: TE-52 | DNR NO: TE-52 |
| PROJECT TYPE: Marsh Creation | NET ACRES BENEFITTED: 305 |
| REGION: 3 | BASIN: Terrebonne | PARISH: Lafourche |
| LEAD AGENCY: NMFS |
| LOCAL SPONSOR: DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LA |
MILESTONES:
| CSA EXECUTION: | 31-May-2007 | ( Actual ) | ||
| DESIGN COMPLETION: | 17-May-2011 | ( Actual ) | ||
| CONSTRUCTION START: | 09-Sep-2011 | ( Actual ) | ||
| CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION: | 04-Jun-2013 | ( Actual ) | ||
| ESCROW AMENDMENT | No: | |||
| MONITORING PLAN APPROVAL: | 15-Oct-2009 | ( Actual ) | ||
| O and M PLAN APPROVAL: | 15-Oct-2009 | ( Actual ) | ||
| DEAUTHORIZATION DATE: | ||||
| CASH FLOW PROECTS: | ||||
| Phase 1 Approval: | 18-Oct-2006 | ( Actual ) | ||
| Phase 2 Approval: | 20-Jan-2010 | ( Actual ) |
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:
| CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: | 1 | Steve Scalise |
| STATE SENATE DISTRICT: | 20 | Norby Chabert |
| STATE HOUSE DISTRICT: | 53 | Lenar L. Whitney |
Point of Contact:
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
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Donna Rogers , |
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PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 18-Apr-2024
West Belle Pass Barrier Headland Restoration Project
PROJECT LOCATION:
The project is located in Lafourche Parish about 2 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, LA.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The headland on which this project is situated is experiencing shoreline retreats over 100 feet a year in certain locations. This project helped to reestablish the West Belle headland by rebuilding a large portion of the beach, dune, and back barrier marsh that once existed. Approximately 10,000 feet, amounting to 183 acres, of beach and dune was rebuilt using 2.8 million cubic yards of dredged sand, and 227 acres of marsh habitat was rebuilt using 1.4 million cubic yards of dredged material.
PROJECT STATUS: (Project Status Last Updated: 08-Aug-2019 )
Ecological Restoration Services planted 20,000 plugs of smooth cordgrass on May 2017 on the marsh platform along the containment dike in non-vegetated areas. This was done to protect the platform from unabated erosion when Timbalier Bay finally establishes a connection with the internal ditch south of the containment dike.
FUND STATUS:
The current project estimate is $28,347,519 , which includes $25,689,729 for construction first costs, and $134,541 and $2,523,249 for 20 years of monitoring and operations and maintenance, respectively.
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