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Additional $280M Issued in BP Oil Spill Restoration Grants
Four Gulf states are getting an additional $280 million in restoration grants from the BP oil spill of 2010.NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four Gulf states are getting an additional $280 million in restoration grants from the BP oil spill of 2010.
Louisiana is getting $161.4 million to restore two barrier islands and a headland in the Terrebonne Basin. The work will restore Timbalier and Trinity islands, which "are currently at a critical minimum width in some areas," and the West Bell Headland.
"Additionally, this proposal includes funding to enhance plans for the long-term sustainability of the entire length of Louisiana barrier islands," the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation said Monday.
Florida is receiving $53 million for seven projects, including $16 million to protect coastal forest and wetlands along the Lower Suwanee River and Big Bend coast, the foundation said in a news release.
Nearly $49 million will go to eight Alabama projects, including $22.5 million to create and restore artificial reefs. Texas will get $19 million for five projects, including $6 million to protect 575 acres of coastal habitat in Cameron County, next to the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge's Bahia Grande Unit.
The foundation is getting $2.5 billion over five years for restoration projects. The money's coming from criminal damages paid by BP PLC and drilling company Transocean Deepwater Inc.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana/articles/2018-11-19/additional-280m-issued-in-bp-oil-spill-restoration-grants