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Vermilion River Dredging Stalls Again | Lafayette Louisiana News
After the 2016 flood, Lafayette residents pushed hard for dredging the Vermilion River to prevent future disasters — a plan that even got $50 million in federal funding and congressional approval. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which sees dredging mainly as a navigation issue, now says they’ll only clear 900 “obstacles” with $800K, starting in October — leaving big questions about where, how much, and when actual dredging will happen. With nearly a decade of stalled talks and no concrete plan, locals are frustrated — especially since the Corps once said they wouldn’t touch the river at…
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