PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 11-Oct-2024
PROJECT DATA
| PROJECT: South Lake Lery Shoreline and Marsh Restoration |
| PRIORITY LIST: 17 | PROJECT NO: 1703 | CWPPRA NO: BS-16 | DNR NO: BS-16 |
| PROJECT TYPE: Outfall Management | NET ACRES BENEFITTED: 409 |
| REGION: 2 | BASIN: Breton Sound | PARISH: Multiple |
| LEAD AGENCY: FWS |
| LOCAL SPONSOR: DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LA |
MILESTONES:
| CSA EXECUTION: | 19-Feb-2008 | ( Actual ) | ||
| DESIGN COMPLETION: | 7/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | * | ||
| CONSTRUCTION START: | 31-Jul-2015 | ( Actual ) | ||
| CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION: | 01-Jun-2018 | ( Actual ) | ||
| ESCROW AMENDMENT | 09-Jun-2008 | ( Actual ) | No: | 120 |
| MONITORING PLAN APPROVAL: | ||||
| O and M PLAN APPROVAL: | ||||
| DEAUTHORIZATION DATE: | ||||
| CASH FLOW PROECTS: | ||||
| Phase 1 Approval: | 25-Oct-2007 | ( Actual ) | ||
| Phase 2 Approval: | 19-Jan-2012 | ( Actual ) |
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:
| CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: | 1 | Steve Scalise |
| STATE SENATE DISTRICT: | 1 | A. G. Crowe |
| STATE HOUSE DISTRICT: | 105 | Christopher J. Leopold |
Point of Contact:
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
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Robert Dubois Fish & Wildlife Biologist 200 Dulles Dr. Lafayette, LA 70506 |
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PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 11-Oct-2024
South Lake Lery Shoreline and Marsh Restoration
PROJECT LOCATION:
The project area is located in Region 2, within the Breton Sound Basin portion of Plaquemines Parish. The project is specifically located within the Caernarvon mapping unit near the town of Delacroix southeast of New Orleans.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project would be described as a marsh creation and shoreline restoration project. The marsh creation aspect of the project will have a hydraulic dredge extract material from the Lake Lery water bottom and pump that material into contained marsh creation cells located south and west of the southern and western Lake Lery shorelines. This will create and/or nourish approximately 642 acres of intertidal intermediate marsh. The shoreline restoration component of the project would have a barge-mounted dragline excavating material from the bottom of Lake Lery and placing that material along the southern and western shorelines. This restored shoreline would have a 50 foot crown width and be built to a height considered high intertidal marsh. The lake side shoreline would have a 4:1 sideslope which would be planted with smooth cordgrass and bullwhip. Marsh created along the shoreline would be 43 acres for a project total of 688 acres of created/restored marsh.
PROJECT STATUS: (Project Status Last Updated: 01-Mar-2021 )
All construction on this project is complete and it is now in the O&M Phase. There has been a large amount of erosion along most of the shoreline berm component. The most western portion has several breaches. Along the southern shoreline the erosion has completely washed out all of the earthen berm and containment dikes and is now eroding the marsh creation units. Other places along the southern shoreline also show signs of erosion but just not to that scale.
FUND STATUS:
The current project estimate is $26,604,660 , which includes $26,401,412 for construction first costs, and $128,901 and $74,347 for 20 years of monitoring and operations and maintenance, respectively.
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