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St. John to Ring in New Year with Canal Cleaning Project!!
St. John to Ring in New Year with Canal Cleaning Project
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH - St. John the Baptist Parish recent
ly entered into a contract with Three Deuces, Inc. of Pearl River, LA in the amount of $700,000 to perform canal repair, clearing, and drainage work for twenty individual drainage canals. As required by the Department of Natural Resources Coastal Management Division, the Parish has obtained all appropriate permits for each canal included in the project.
Due to obstructions in the drainage systems inhibiting the flow of storm water, St. John was awarded a $1,332,604 Gustav/Ike Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to improve water runoff within the target areas. The fully funded project is scheduled to begin January 2, 2014 and is expected to be complete by June of 2014.
The following canals are scheduled for cleaning:
- River Forest Canal
- Montz Canal
- Landmark Canal
- Lassiegne Canal
- Haydel Canal
- Milesville Canal
- Guillot Canal
- Belle Point Canal
- Dufrenese Canal
- Trosclair Canal
- Hotard Canal
- Northwest 3rd Canal
- Reserve East West Cross Cut Canal
- Mississippi Bayou Canal
- Dutch Bayou Canal
- Terre Haute Canal
- Marathon Canal
- East Frisco Canal
- DuPont Canal
- Sugar Mill Canal
In addition to the in-house maintenance schedule for canal cleaning, St. John has partnered with various state entities, such as the Lafourche Basin Levee District and the U.S. Coast Guard to clean other canals throughout the parish. The weed control program implemented in the Summer of 2013 will continue to address forty-six canals simultaneously with the canal cleaning project. "These projects combined with the systematic assessment and cleaning of storm drains in target areas will go a long way toward improving parishwide drainage. Additional drainage projects under discussion for 2014 should address many of the remaining drainage issues exposed during Hurricane Isaac", said Parish President Natalie Robottom.
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by Old51CA on 12/18/2013
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