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LOUISIANA WILL NEED $50 BILLION & TEXAS $34 BILLION FOR COASTAL & FLOODING PROTECTIONS & SOME MISSISSIPPI FRESH WATER IS UNDER ATTACK

The “Storms Flooding and Sea Level Defense 2022” conference, produced by the Propeller Club of Northern California and the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), heard that coastal protections will cost for: 1) Louisiana  $50 billion; and 2) for Texas $34 billion.

In one instance, the cost of storm surge barriers to protect Texas’ Galveston Bay rose from $12 billion in 2019 to $17 billion in 2022.

On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District began ...

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