Louisiana will get more than $260 million for two large-scale coastal restoration projects, including one aiming to shore up key sections of an eroding chunk of vital land that helps protect the New Orleans area from storm surge.
The projects are being paid for with funds related to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Trustees overseeing those funds gave final approval for the two plans last week.
They include work along sections of what is known as the East Orleans Landbridge on the far eastern edge of New Orleans. The landbridge divides Lakes Pontchartrain, St. Catherine and Borgne, but has been gradually disappearing for decades…