Fed-state restoration meet delayed

A Jan. 23 federal-state Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) task force meeting, designed to oversee four new restoration projects totaling $115M along Louisiana's coastline, was canceled Monday because of the partial U.S. government shutdown. The group was to have given the OK to final design and construction of two of those projects. Federal voting members were unable to travel because of the shutdown. Louisiana is a non-voting representative on the task force. Congress had reached mid-day Monday deal to reopen the government, but task force members had already cancelled travel plans for Tuesday's meeting. The plan is to reschedule the meeting or hold an electronic vote on the meeting's decision items. The results of which would be sent out through the CWPPRA Newsflash, a newsletter distributed by the task force. (Source: NOLA.com 01/22/18)