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原文传递 NFWF Awards $660 Million For Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Project Now Fully Funded

题名：	NFWF Awards $660 Million For Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Project Now Fully Funded
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	In a season where inflation and supply chain issues are disrupting some infrastructure projects, at least one is moving ahead at full speed and full funding: the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion planned for the west bank of the Lower Mississippi River in Plaque-mines Parish, La. The board of directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced March 8 it has awarded $660 million from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF), an outgrowth of plea agreements by BP and Transocean following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, to Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Resto- ration Authority (CPRA) for construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. In all, more than $2,544 billion from the Deepwater Horizon settlement went to NFWF's Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, of which $1,272 billion was set aside for projects in Louisiana. GEBF funds in Louisiana were earmarked for barrier island and river diversion projects, according to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	48
页码：	39-40