The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $6 million contract to Arcadis to provide design services for the Violet Freshwater Diversion Project, one of the state’s top coastal restoration priorities. Arcadis’ Baton Rouge office will handle the work, which will determine the cost effectiveness and environmental impacts of diverting the Mississippi River at Violet into the Biloxi Marshes and Mississippi Sound. Officials with Arcadis say the project will rebuild the storm surge buffer around metro New Orleans and improve water quality in the Mississippi Sound.
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