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Workers install steel sheet pilings in January 2016 on the temporary Bayou Chene flood protection structure that protected the region from a potential flood. Officials expect to begin receiving funds in 2018 to construct a permanent floodgate on Bayou Chene. (The Daily Review/Zachary Fitzgerald)

Legislator: Bayou Chene project will be fully funded

After some uncertainty in late 2016 and early this year, local officials are confident that the $80 million Bayou Chene Flood Control and Diversion Project will be in the state’s coastal master plan and begin receiving funds in 2018. The Senate approved the state’s 2017 coastal master plan Wednesday by a vote of 33-1. The plan is scheduled to go before the House Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee May 22. State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, voted in favor of the plan after officials with the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority assured him in a letter the Bayou Chene ...

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