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Massive Mid-Barataria diversion project killed
State plans smaller-scale coastal restoration work
N.O. East apartment complexes up for sale Owner of four properties filed for bankruptcy this year
BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer
STAFF FILE PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER
A wide dirt path is made as part of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project near Myrtle Grove in 2024. BY MIKE SMITH
“At the end of the day, it’s just something that we just could not afford, no way, shape or form. All of the rest of the projects that we have going on in the state would have suffered at some point.”
Barataria Sediment Diversion Project,” a statement from trustees overseeing funds from the 2010 BP Deepwater HoThe state on Thursday officially canrizon oil spill read. Tony Alford, who chairs Landry’s adviceled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Louisiana’s biggest-ever coastal sory commission on coastal issues, said restoration project, and moved to replace the cost of the project was just too great. it with a smaller-scale version accompa“At the end of the day, it’s just someTONy ALFORD, chair of Gov. Jeff Landry’s nied with other elements, citing balloonthing that we just could not afford, no way, shape or form,” Alford said. “All of ing costs and other factors. advisory commission on coastal issues the rest of the projects that we have goThe announcement had been widely anticipated, but remained a major developing on in the state would have suffered at ment considering the years of study and April and Gov. Jeff Landry had signaled some point.” Coastal advocates have argued that evaluation that had gone into the unprece- his opposition to it in its current form. “The state of Louisiana, through its the scale of the project was necessary to dented $3 billion project. It has long been seen as the linchpin of the state’s 50-year Coastal Protection and Restoration Au- meet Louisiana’s severe land loss crisis coastal master plan. thority (CPRA), has reached an agree- and expressed concern that the plan was The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had ment with the Louisiana Trustee Impleä See DIVERSION, page 10A already suspended the project’s permit in mentation Group to terminate the MidStaff writer
Additional charges filed after Super Bowl death
They’re also words that describe La. native says him throughout his 16-year career defeats, doubt, courlesson of his career ofagetriumphs, and bloodshed as a professionis ‘keep grinding’ al fighter and UFC headliner.
BY POET WOLFE
Six months after a Super Bowl reporter’s killing in a Kenner hotel room made national headlines, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office formally filed charges against a New Orleans woman and two men accused in a long-running scheme to drug and steal from French Quarter tourists, a criminal enterprise that authorities say led to the death of Kansas City sports reporter Adan Manzano.
Hardheaded. Stubborn. A hard worker. Those were the words mixed martial artist and Louisiana native Dustin Poirier used to describe himself as a child, during a moment of quiet self-reflection at his home in Lafayette five days before he steps into the Ultimate Fighting Championship cage one final time in New Orleans on Saturday.
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Poirier reflects on life before final fight
BY MICHELLE HUNTER
Staff writer
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Four large apartment complexes that together make up more than one-third of all the multifamily units in New Orleans East are up for sale, after their New Jersey owner filed for bankruptcy court protection earlier this year. The complexes — two on the north side of the Interstate 10 Service Road at Bundy Road, one on the south side of the service road at Bundy, and one near I-10 and Crowder Boulevard — comprise more than 1,500 of the 4,300 or so apartments in the east. Commercial real estate broker Larry Schedler, who is marketing the properties with national brokerage Cushman & Wakefield, said he expects them to be sold at a steep discount compared with other complexes, given their maintenance needs and other factors. That could attract an eager buyer interested in investing in the area and improving on the properties. “It’s a chance for someone to bring a significant chunk of units out there back into commerce as good, solid workforce housing while helping revitalize eastern New Orleans,” said Schedler. CBRM Realty bought the apartments in 2017 for an undisclosed price. The firm, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, is being forced to sell the properties, along with dozens of others around the country, to settle its debts, according to court records. The buildings are being offered for sale as a group or individually. They do not have an asking price, and offers are due next month. “We’ll see what kind of offers
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL ZARRILLI
Dustin Poirier celebrates after winning a mixed martial arts title bout in 2019.
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In 2012, a 23-year-old Poirier spoke to a reporter after his loss to Chan Sung Jung. Bloodied and exhausted, he held back tears. “It’s a big hit to me, man. This is my life ... ” Poirier said, choking up. “I’m going to win or I’m gonna die in the cage. One of the two is going to happen.” Then there was Poirier in 2021, vengeful and hellbent when he knocked out Conor McGregor with an agonizing salvo of punches,
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