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Two National Parks In Louisiana Receive $29 Million For Hurricane Ida Recovery

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By Compiled From N... - February 16th, 2022
Hurricane relief aid is heading to New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park/NPS file

Hurricane relief aid is heading to New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park. Some of the money will be used to repair boardwalks through the Barataria Preserve (above)/NPS file

Twenty-nine-million-dollars is headed to Louisiana, where the National Park Service will use the money to make repairs to damage Hurricane Ida inflicted on Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park last summer. 

Priority projects underway include the installation of roofs, mold remediation, wastewater treatment plant repairs, electrical system installation, doors, windows, flooring and interior wall repairs. The funding also provides for the rebuilding of three Barataria Preserve trails at Bayou Coquille, Marsh Overlook and the visitor center. Projects are expected to be completed in 2025.

“We are grateful for this opportunity to address pressing infrastructure needs and restore visitor services,” said Rebecca Lasell, acting superintendent, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. “The funding allows us to incorporate sustainable design into the recovery projects to help promote long-term resiliency in the face of future storms. Our work will take time and we appreciate your patience as we rebuild.” 

These projects— and others in more than 50 national parks across the Caribbean and Southeastern United States— are supported by $229 million in supplemental funds allocated through the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 117-43) for response to and defense against the effects of wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters which occurred from 2019 to 2021.

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