The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG), the group of state and federal agencies responsible for overseeing and approving spending Deepwater Horizon natural resource damages oil spill settlement dollars in Louisiana, has approved $2.26 billion in funding for construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.

“This decision is the culmination of exemplary collaboration across federal and state agencies to address a complex issue with an impactful solution,” said Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) Chairman Chip Kline . “With this funding, we are finally equipped to bring the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, a cornerstone project of our Coastal Master Plan, to life and implement a fundamentally new approach to restoration that makes our coastal program stronger and more sustainable than ever before.”