Scarcity of dredges could make rebuilding Louisiana's coast slower and more expensive

“A similar project in the Netherlands was completed for about half the cost and managed to move nearly two times as much sand.”

Interesting article about dredging to rebuild lost wetlands in coastal Louisiana and what the costs are to do so. That's a shame that there are only four major dredging companies in the whole State and evidently they can charge whatever they want, the politically connected ripping off the people as usual. It shouldn't cost as much as it does, just look at what the Netherlands are paying, and the really sad part of the whole thing is that it's the environment that suffers the most. I wish I could spin it another way.....

Read the full story here....
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_97a4e59c-0a72-11eb-931f-53ecee442e18.html