Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion

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Louisiana The Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority has chosen Stantec to oversee the engineering and design of the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion near Wills Point on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaque­mines Parish, near river mile 69 above Head of Passes. The project will entail construction of an inlet channel, a gated structure in the river levee, a conveyance channel to move the sediment and water into the wetlands and open water, and a complex of outlet channels. It is intended to move up to 35,000 cu ft per second of water and sediment from the river into wetlands between the river and Lake Borgne, with the expectation that the sediment will nourish existing wetlands and build new wetlands in open water. Construction is expected to begin in 2023.