Bayou Lafourche Dredging Project Expected to Begin in 2015

A $20 million project to dredge parts of Bayou Lafourche is expected to begin in early 2015. The project aims to increase Mississippi River water flow into the bayou.

Ben Malbrough, Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District executive director, said 16 to 18 months of work could start in January. This is the second $20 million dredging of the bayou in the past four years.

Money for the project comes from the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, which sends revenue from offshore energy production back to the state for restoration projects.

The program requires the project be complete by December 2016.