Sean Payton chimes in on the Saints-Buccaneers fight, the Polar Express Train won't operate in New Orleans this year and police respond to a report of a dead body only to find a discarded mannequin.

Here's a look at today's top stories in New Orleans for Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Louisiana takes major step toward unprecedented coastal restoration project

An unprecedented project to fight land loss devastating Louisiana’s coast by diverting sediment and water from the Mississippi River into Barataria Basin took a major step toward definitive approval on Monday with the release of a final environmental assessment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Corps released the lengthy report on the $2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project. It breaks down how the new flow of freshwater and sediment for as much as half the year into the basin will create more than 20 square miles of new land during its first 50 years of operation.