Lee'S Landing Boat Launch Repair-Reconstruction
Implementing Organization
Tangipahoa Parish Council
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$341,106
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The U.S. Department of Treasury
Funding Program
The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 1: The Direct Component
Details
Project Category
Recreational Use
Project Actions
Engineering and/or Construction
Targeted Resources
Human and/or Recreational Use
Project Description
This first local project is the reconstruction of the Lee's Landing boat launch, which is in very poor physical condition, and has been severely damaged by a number of man-made and storm incidents. This boat launch is important because it is the primary public access point to the lower portions of the Tangipahoa River and into Lake Pontchartrain. The site of this facility is located on public property owned by Tangipahoa Parish.This boat launch is used by emergency responders, as well as the general public, and by the State Wildlife agents as an entry point into the vast Joyce Wildlife Management area, owned by the State and bordering this area. This use of the boat launch is essential, especially because of it as a main access point used by the public to access fishing grounds, and for those responders to incidents such as the BP oil spill. The proposed project is an eligible Restore Act Activity 6, "infrastructure benefiting the local economy and ecological resources"; and also Activity 9, "Promotion of tourism in the Gulf Coast region, including recreational fishing".
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