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News & Events
Review the latest news and upcoming events related to infrastructure progress in Louisiana.
Latest News
| 02/27/2024 | First Solar's new solar panel manufacturing plant in Iberia Parish is the first of many for the company that will come online in the United States over the coming years. The New Iberia plant was supported in part by tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and will add an estimated 700 good-paying jobs for Louisiana. The plant is expected to be completed in 2026. |
| 02/24/2024 |
Louisiana awarded over $69.4 million for water infrastructure upgrades Louisiana will receive over $69.4 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Loan Funds. The awards will fund state-run, low interest loan programs to address water infrastructure needs across Louisiana. |
| 02/22/2024 | The head of NOAA visited Bucktown last week to see progress on the Living Shoreline project along Lake Pontchartrain. Funded in part by a $4.5 million grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the project aims to restore marshland along the shoreline and increase resilience of the levee. |
| 02/21/2024 |
Department of Agriculture announces Broadband Technical Assistance Awards USDA announced awardees from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Broadband Technical Assistance Program. The technical assistance supports broadband expansion and predevelopment planning activities in rural areas. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors received $900,000 from the program to promote expansion of high-speed internet in 13 communities in Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming. |
| 02/20/2024 | NOAA announced $3.9 million in design funding under phase 2 of the Inflation Reduction Act's Ocean-Based Climate Regional Accelerators Program. The Idea Village Inc. from New Orleans received a $250,000 design grant for their CLIMATEx Accelerator Program. |
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