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Passage of WRDA Bill Legislation Paves Way for Belle Pass and Port Fourchon Channel Deepening
December 22, 2020
After completing a lengthy Section 203 Feasibility Study Report with its own funds, the Greater Lafourche Port Commission received some great news regarding the passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020.
The package of spending bills that Congress passed overnight including the WRDA Bill, which was a multi-thousand-page document that requires federal approval and the backing of delegation members, has given the port authorization to begin dredging Belle Pass, Bayou Lafourche, and the Northern Expansion to 30 feet in the coming years.
“The Greater Lafourche Port Commission applauds the House passage of the Water Resources Development Act,” GLPC Executive Director Chett Chiasson said. “This bill contains authorization to construct the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel Deepening project, which is the culmination of more than three years of study co