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Major coastal project still held up by lawsuits, local concerns

— The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project is still being held up by lawsuits and public concern.

Gov. Jeff Landry testified to that concern in front of the Senate Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee.

'This project is going to destroy our culture,' Landry said. 'It destroys the shrimping industry, which is already struggling, it destroys the oyster beds. The government says 'no w…

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