Reflections: Protecting Communities from Coastal Flooding

2025-03-27

Reflections on Restoration Progress 
RESTORE Council- 2025

Protecting Communities from Coastal Flooding

 

Paradis Canal Floodgate

The Paradis Canal Floodgate helps protect residents, businesses, and industries of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, from flooding caused by storm surges. Photo credit: RESTORE Council 

Coastal flooding can be a concern for communities across the Gulf Coast. The RESTORE Council helps protect coastal communities by investing in flood risk reduction infrastructure such as the Houma Navigation Canal Lock and the Paradis Canal Floodgate, both funded by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) using RESTORE Spill Impact Component funds. Additionally, the RESTORE Council’s ecosystem restoration projects can provide added resilience for communities by restoring wetlands and other ecosystems that provide natural flood protection. For example, the Council recently approved construction funding for the Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline project, which among other benefits will provide nature-based resilience for the Pensacola Naval Air Station.

Paradis Gate Ribbon Cutting

Photo Caption: St. Charles Parish leaders and the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) celebrated the completion of construction on the Paradis Canal Gate. Photo credit: LA CPRA

 

Watch video of Paradis Canal Gate ribbon cutting.

The RESTORE Council is commemorating 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill  incident with a month-long reflection on its progress to date implementing meaningful ecosystem and economic restoration across the Gulf Coast. Subscribe to our eBlast or Modify your eBlast subscription.

Keala J. Hughes
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations
(504) 717-7235
keala.hughes@restorethegulf.gov