As stated in a recent Fox 8 article, there is new land to be created along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain east of the Twin Span Bridge, where a dredge carves away at the lake bottom. There is a pipe that delivers another type of black gold, mud that has pieced back together 600 acres of shoreline wiped out in Hurricane Katrina. The land comes courtesy of “CWPPRA,” the Coastal Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act of 1980. In a detailed article found here, you can learn more about the plans that are hoped to be put into action as a part of restoring the Louisiana coast.