Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project Location
This diversion was still in the planning stage. It is described in the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project Scoping Report. Fox News reported that it was canceled because of the cost and the threat to fisheries. Many interest groups touted the diversions as a way to build land and save coastal interest groups. Based on the available sediment load, the progression of the natural delta cycle, and sea level rise, this was unlikely even in the long run. In the short run, the diversions would increase local flooding, destroy existing wetlands during construction and from scour during operation, and disrupt the coastal ecosystem with large pulses of fresh water during operation.