The Isle de Jean Charles community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, has only one road connecting it to mainland: Island Road. Nearly every inch of the two-mile road is underwater, and anxious residents await funding from FEMA that is currently stuck in Congressional debate over Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf Oil Spill. If approved, the US Army Corps of Engineers intends to elevate the road 12 inches over 2.63 miles. It would widen the shoulders to 8 feet, using aggregate and geotextile separation and soil stabilization fabric.

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