Alligator Bayou and Manchac roads, which are actually the same two-lane road with different names, rest on a levee along Manchac's southern bank that holds back most of the high water in the basin. Winds will ease into the evening.
The temporary pumps were set up on Alligator Bayou Road in Ascension Parish. Follow David J. Mitchell on Twitter, @NewsieDave. Near perfect weather on repeat for Sunday. BATON ROUGE, LA U.S. The meeting will take place next Thursday. There will be minor flooding of residential areas. On Wednesday, Parish President Clint Cointment said the Ascension Department of Public Works plans to cut Alligator Bayou Road at Fish Bayou to facilitate drainage from Spanish Lake and Bluff Swamp basin. This weeks announced plan will focus on clearing the East Baton Rouge portion. USGS Flood Event Viewer: USGS technicians and hydrologists, in partnership with FEMA, have collected hundreds of high-water marks and produce flood inundation maps.
The plan already has received mixed reviews from some Ascension officials. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana)issued the following statement after East Baton Rouge (EBR) Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso announced their recommendation to improve drainage along Bayou Manchac at the border of the two parishes. Fax: (225) 442-1736, Phone: (225) 686-4413 LIVINGSTON PARISH - The parents of a high Saturday PM Forecast: The comfortable weather is sticking around. A new pump station at the Mississippi would draw water from the swamp through New River and a newly dug canal into the "big muddy.". Also, Kemp and others noted, any major plan to dredge out Manchac ignores an important fact about flooding on the bayou. NSU Campus, Candies Hall, Suite 405 %
He installed an AquaDam around his home to keep it from flooding. The people who live in Bluff Swamp began flooding late last week from rain and drainage in the swamp region west of Bluff Road. Along with dredging, the hope is that new projects will allow water to flow easier. Watch the 2 Your Health report for Thursday, Watch the 2 Your Health report for Tuesday, Crawfish Tracker: Signs of life (and price drops). Both have acted to make flooding last longer and go higher in the swamp, an LSU coastal researcher said, and has simultaneously raised the average water level in Manchac by one-tenth of a foot per year since the 1970s. For years, as East Baton Rouge has sprawled south and Ascension and Iberville parishes have reached north, people have searched for ways to unclog the scenic bottleneck that is Bayou Manchac.
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Graves Statement on Second Bayou Manchac Agreement Reached Flood level estimated. The weekend Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. Increased flow and strong current will affect river traffic. "I'm not overly stressed, but I got to bed at night thinking about it," said Mike Gonzales, who lives on Ridge Road. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville.
Crews reopen cut at Alligator Bayou Road - WBRZ Once more to the pumps: Ascension eyes new pump station to cut down Manchac flooding. Obviously, with the conjunctions of the Hwy 74 project that water is diverted into the New River, what this allows us to do is to pulldown New River to accept that added capacity, that added volume. LSU women's basketball bounced out of SEC LSU women's basketball bounced out of SEC Tournament by Tennessee. The eastern swamp of the huge Spanish Lake region receives runoff from Dutchtown, Geismar and Prairieville and is susceptible to high water from Manchac when it overtops a levee road. (WAFB) - In May 2021, David Braud had to make extensive repairs to his home because of flooding. You know its been the same old thing since the beginning, they never really came and did big projects. Scotch on the Bayou Historic Flooding in Bayou Pigeon, Louisiana - May, 2021 In this video, witness the historic level of flooding in Bayou Sorrel and Bayou Pigeon after torrential rains in May, 2021. Though the plans have raised worries in downstream parishes, like Ascension, the Corps of Engineers has said analyses show the work won't worsen flooding. DO NOT share this content with minors- share it with your friends of age! This property is perfect for the professional in Houston on a temporary stay.
The people who live in Bluff Swamp began flooding late last week from rain and drainage in the swamp region west of Bluff Road. But EBR says the dams could worsen flooding there. John Monzon, civil works manager for HNTB, told an Ascension drainage panel that the pump would allow the parish to better control water levels in Bluff Swamp and build up flood storage capacity in advance of big rains. Parish official said they currently have set up and are running six pumps at Alligator Bayou Road, four 24-inch tractor pumps and two 30-inch axle driven pumps. Monzon said the New River pump would help Ascension along Manchac and west of Interstate 10 by reducing water in the bayou. Still flooded from last week's storm, Ascension to 'cut,' close roads to help drain like in 2016. Some flooding will occur in low lying residential, commercial, and recreational areas. Winds will ease into the evening. Though she. endobj
But he believes mechanical drainage methods like pumps should only be a last option after all natural solutions are examined. Connect with Lee Ann via Social MediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/scotchonthebayou Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scotchonthebayou Subscribe to Scotch on the Bayou YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbSH41hQXaIQMFndEH5-MmA QUESTION Have a question about scotch, whisky, Louisiana? Follow David J. Mitchell on Twitter, @NewsieDave. Some are still waiting for the water to go down around their homes. We appreciate our three parish leaders taking this first step and we look forward to more announcements over the coming months. "The problem is really understanding, you know, what drives the flood risk and where the flood risk is and what's going to change the flood risk is, obviously, complicated or people would have solved it long before now," Jacobsen said. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>>
AddThis Utility Frame - NOAA - National Weather Service - Water Come join me on this adventure. President Clint Cointment said his office is monitoring the river gauges along Bayou Manchac. PRAIRIEVILLE - Ascension officials cut into Alligator Bayou Road Friday to help alleviate high water left behind by last week's downpour. Under the leadership of U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, officials in Ascension, Iberville and East Baton Rouge also have agreed to look at other ideas to alleviate Manchac flooding. A similar effort happened after even more severe flooding in the August 2016 flood. The Tigers beat out No. %PDF-1.5
The parish presidents of East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville parishes want the Pontchartrain Levee District to take the lead in a plan t, State leaders are seeking federal support in the aftermath of severe rainfall and flooding that devastated many parts of South Louisiana, dama, GONZALESAbout a week after Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment balked at pursuing post-flood drainage and development changes becaus. Others say Ascension is leaving too many other stones unturned. GONZALES Armed with new data from the August flood, Ascension Parish officials are going to revisit an old idea to dredge Bayou Manchac with. UPDATE: Ascension President Clint Cointment announced Monday the cut was reopened after it was closed over the weekend due to heavy rain. Police: Two men shot to death in Slidell late Saturday morning. Wind Advisory in effect for the entire WBRZ BATON ROUGE - The Tigers win the Podium Challenge in the River Center with a score of 197.700. Recent leadership and electoral turmoil on the East Ascension drainage panel that would pursue the project likely through Louisiana Watershed Initiative funding may also call into question what the body ultimate decides once HNTB finishes its analysis of the concept. But one would think they could get some help during this natural disaster. The Flood Event Viewer provides access to USGS monitoring activities for the August 2016 floods in Louisiana. Cointment says this is one of the waterways they are able to control more unlike Bayou Manchac, controlling the amount of water capacity along New River Bayou, it will help those along Bluff and Ridge Road. Port Allen Pelicans basketball team soaring toward fourth-straight state title, Sample duo leading Scotlandville into playoffs, For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Joey Verrett at, The implications of Walgreens' decision on abortion pills. Trying to avoid the complications of clearing a wider path through Manchac east to the Amite River, people have often called for pumps that would drain the bayou west to the Mississippi River. "We do believe this project will provide an immediate benefit to Ascension Parish and the surrounding parishes as well," Monzon said. "So," he said, "anything that we could you know add another outlet somewhere is worth looking at. This essentially with two twelve-by-twelve type box culverts- this will equal a cut in the road- so when Manchac comes down, well be able to open those up and allow this water to get out, Cointment explained. Proud of BCWK's bold legal efforts to defend our region's wetlands, led by Legal Director Kristen Schlemmer. Southern men's basketball falls to Alabama A&M Southern men's basketball falls to Alabama A&M on Senior Day 68-65. BATON ROUGE, La. The high watermark on the tree shows where the water reached during the 2016 summer floods -- the only other time the community experienced severe flooding.