Comprehensive Master Plan: Pre-Preliminary Draft Master Plan

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Comprehensive Master PlanPre-Preliminary Draft
Master Plan
Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority November 8, 2006
Integrated Planning Team
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Agenda

• What has happened in the past two weeks to
  compile the Pre-Preliminary Draft Master Plan?
• What does this Pre-Preliminary Draft Master Plan
  represent?
• Show us the plan!!
• What are potential policy, legislative, or
  institutional issues that would affect
  implementation of the plan?
• What comes next?

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What has happened in the past two weeks to
compile the Pre-Preliminary Draft Master Plan?
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Recent Meeting Schedule

• CPRA Meeting..October 19
• Science and Engineering
• Review Team and Agencies..October 24-25

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SERT and Agency Plan Formulation Meeting

• Federal Agencies
• USACE, USFWS, NRCS, EPA, NMFS
• State Agencies
• DNR, DOTD, DWF
• Stakeholders
• BTNEP, EJLD, LBLD, TLCD, Plaquemines Parish
• University and Other Scientists
• UNO, LSU, UM, SFWMD

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Recent Meeting Schedule

• CPRA Meeting..October 19
• Science and Engineering
• Review Team and Agencies..October 24-25
• Interdisciplinary
• Technical TeamOctober 31

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ITT Plan Refinement Workshop

• Federal Agencies
• USACE, USFWS, NRCS, EPA, NMFS, FHWA
• State Agencies
• DNR, DOTD, DEQ
• Stakeholders
• BTNEP, CRCL, LPBF, WTC-New Orleans, EJLD, LBLD,
  TLCD, OLD, Jefferson Parish, Lafourche Parish,
  St. Bernard Parish, St. Mary Parish, Vermilion
  Parish, Plaquemines Parish
• University and Other Scientists
• LSU Ag Center

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Recent Meeting Schedule

• CPRA Meeting..October 19
• Science and Engineering
• Review Team and Agencies..October 24-25
• Interdisciplinary
• Technical TeamOctober 31
• CPRA Master Plan
• Steering Committee.November 1
• CPRA Meeting..November 8

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What does this Pre-Preliminary Draft Master Plan
represent?
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What Are We Discussing Today?

• A detailed conceptual vision of the future of
  coastal Louisiana
• Completely integrated approach must be
  implemented to meet objectives
• Strives to balance objectives, although further
  work is needed to refine strategies and better
  balance objectives
• Represents starting point for discussion with
  CPRA
• Open to revision
• Once revised, will be the starting point for
  discussion with the public

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Background

• Stabilizing the landscape is paramount importance
  for protection and restoration
• Complete plan based on Multiple Lines of
  Defense strategy
• Hurricane protection strategies are defined based
  on a stable landscape

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What Does Science and Engineering Say?

• Anything we do to fix the system will alter
  hydrology and therefore alter the ecosystem
• Cant fix the problem if you dont change the
  system
• Communities are adaptable

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Show us the plan!!
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Delta PlainStabilizing the Landscape
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Shorelines and Ridges
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Navigation Channels
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Land Sustaining Diversions
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Marsh Creation
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Land Building Diversions
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Special Focus MRGO
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Total Closure of the MRGO
navigation channelsand their associated levees
and spoil banks may offer opportunities to
integrate storm protection and coastal
restoration. These artificial features of the
coastal landscape might be modified to distribute
freshwater and sediment resources across the
landscape. -- Working Group for Post-Hurricane
Planning for the Louisiana Coast
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Delta PlainHurricane Protection
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What Does Science and Engineering Say?

• First line of defense should not be last line of
  defense
• Longer and more complex protection systems are
  more prone to failure
• Give water room to move
• Altered hydrology can be opportunities

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Pontchartrain Barrier (Pre)
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Pontchartrain Barrier (Post)
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Barataria Basin and West Bank
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Plaquemines Parish
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Terrebonne Parish and Atchafalaya Delta
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Delta Plain Protection
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Manage Remaining Risk
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Compartmentation
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Old Monticello Levee
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Levees Failing- Levees Holding Orleans
Jefferson Parish Line
Digital Globe
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Water Management
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Chenier PlainStabilizing the Landscape
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Shoreline Stabilization
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Evacuation Routes
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Navigation Channels
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Marsh Creation
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Managing Water and Sediment
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Chenier PlainHurricane Protection
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Acadiana Area
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Western Chenier Plain
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What are potential policy, legislative, or
institutional issues that would affect
implementation of the plan?
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Policy, Institutional, and Legislative Issues

• Land Use Planning/Zoning
• Land Owner Concerns
• Adaptive Management
• Federal/State Partnership
• Consistency
• Priority

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What comes next?
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What Comes Next?

• Public Discussion
• Refine and define measures
• Develop cost estimates
• Develop implementation sequencing
• Modify plan based on analyses and inputs