PASS CHALAND
PROJECT DETAILS
PROJECT CLIENT
Louisiana Department of
Natural Resources
DREDGE QUANTITY
1.5 million cubic yards
VESSEL TYPE
Cutter Suction Dredge
DREDGES WORKED
Alaska
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
The project was located in the Barataria Basin, between Pass Chaland and Grand Bayou Pass in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The Scope of the Project:
- Preventing the breaching of the Bay Joe Wise shoreline by increasing barrier shoreline width.
- Increasing back-barrier, emergent marsh area by some 220 acres to maintain the barrier shoreline.
- Creating emergent marsh suitable for tidal aquatic habitats.
