Introduction
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12 Ponchatoula
Baton Rouge
90
Mandeville 10
Lake Charles
90
Lacombe
Manchac
Slidell
Lafayette
New Orleans East
LaPlace Grand Lake Hackberry
Gueydan
Kaplan
Abbeville
Hahnville Erath
90
Luling
Lydia Jeanerette
New Orleans
Belle Chasse
Charenton 90 Cameron
Creole
Yscloskey
Franklin
Patterson Pecan Island
Morgan City
Barataria
Raceland
Lafitte
Gibson Houma
Theriot
Larose
Chauvin
Dulac
Isle de Jean Charles
Galliano Golden Meadow
Buras Venice
Cocodrie
Leeville
Grand Isle
Port Fourchon
SS Figure 10 Map represents the $50 billion worth of projects comprising the 2012 Coastal Master Plan, plus an additional investment of $50 billion for the coast.
The 2012 Coastal Master Plan is a solid foundation on which to continue building Louisiana’s coastal program. The budget we used for the plan, $50 billion, reflects existing and potential funding sources. Targeted use of these dollars as described in this plan will allow us to improve protection for communities and, depending on how future coastal conditions change, turn the tide of land loss in Louisiana for the first time in a century. With all the good this plan could achieve, we won’t be able to completely compensate for the land loss that will occur over the next 50 years. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is committed to making the most of every opportunity to secure south Louisiana’s future. For this reason, we evaluated what we could deliver for coastal citizens with a budget larger than $50 billion. Our goal in doing so was to see how much funding it would take to build or sustain large amounts of land and maximize protection of our communities beyond what we accomplish in this plan. Our analysis showed that additional funds would increase our ability to protect at risk communities and build coastal land. For example, by 2061 a budget of $100 billion would allow us to achieve a net gain of land even under less optimistic future coastal conditions. With the $100 billion investment, the Louisiana coast could build or sustain between 910 and 1,240 square miles of land by 2061 and be building or sustaining land coast wide at a rate between six and 18 square miles per year, depending on future coastal conditions.
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Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast