The state has officially canceled another large-scale plan to rebuild lost wetlands in southeast Louisiana through a controversial sediment diversion, a long-expected move by Gov. Jeff Landy's administration drawing sharply divergent reactions.

The Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion was to be built on the east bank of the Mississippi River near Wills Point, across from Delacroix. The aim was to address land loss in the area by mimicking the way the Mississippi built south Louisiana in the first place by channeling river water and sediment into the Breton Basin.

It was meant to be a companion project to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, which was to be built on the west bank of the river near Myrtle Grove. The state officially canceled that unprecedented $3 billion project in July afte

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