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Earlier this month, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry scrapped a $3 billion coastal restoration plan that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was going to help pay for. That $3 billion cancellation could be good news to Vermilion and Cameron parishes. 
The plan was called the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
Originally planned as a large-scale restoration project, the sediment diversion was devised to reconnect the Mississippi River to the Barataria Basin, with the intent to rebuild marshes in Plaquemine Parish.

ERATH — By a vote of 3-2, the Erath City Council voted to have a resident who lives on Putnam Street remove 18 inches from a handicap ramp built in front of their home.
There were complaints to members of the Erath council about a wooden handicap ramp that was built in front of a home rented by an elderly lady. The lady hired a carpenter to build the ramp with Mayor Taylor Mencacci’s approval.

BREAUX BRIDGE — On July 23, 2025, shortly after 12:00 a.m., Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a fatality crash involving an electric scooter on Louisiana Highway 347 just south of Jolie Blonde Road in St. Martin Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 16-year-old Da’Marion Lagrange of Breaux Bridge.