Widespread fllooding will inundate most roads in this area, including LA Highways 16, 42, 431, and 933. As of Friday, crews are alsooperating a total of seven pumps, four 30-inch axle driven pumps, and three 24-inch tractor pumps. This lot sits on the popular Amite River/Diversion Canal right at the wei. Widespread flooding will develop with significant backwater flooding over neighborhoods in Livingston and Ascension Parishes. (WAFB) - New flood mitigation measures are being developed in parts of Ascension Parish that will hopefully prevent flooding in the future. We appreciate our three parish leaders taking this first step and we look forward to more announcements over the coming months. UPDATE: Ascension President Clint Cointment announced Monday the cut was reopened after it was closed over the weekend due to heavy rain. Beefier police presence planned at football game after BRPD chief got into scuffle while making arrest near campus. FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? This property is perfect for the professional in Houston on a temporary stay. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Its why Ascension Parish officials are looking at fixing the issues surrounding New River Bayou. 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. Latitude: 30.332500 N, This project has been APPROVED. <> Hemmed in by low bridges and the occasional bulkhead, choked by sediment and debris, the bayou holds a key spot in Louisiana history, had once been intermittently tied to the Mississippi River and is the occasional grounds of wandering manatees. The meeting will take place next Thursday. When it comes to avoiding a repeat of the 2016's record-breaking deluge and disaster, many communities are still floating ideas. Dredging? Saint Amant Swamp will be inundated. A similar effort happened after even more severe flooding in the August 2016 flood. ", Email David J. Mitchell at dmitchell@theadvocate.com. The Southern #1 LSU baseball with 26 run outburst to throttle Central Connecticut State on Saturday. Vanessa, the new manager is great she is definitely taking things in the right direction. Id love to hear from you! Phone: (202) 225-3901 With the boat tied to a tree, a houses reflects in the surrounding flood waters on Bluff Road as Ascension and Iberville Parishes continue to deal with flooding problems Monday May 24, 2021, in Ascension Parish, La. Days after sitting in on a presentation about the plan with the parish councilmen who make up the drainage panel, Parish President Clint Cointment received a notice on Thursday that he would be terminated as head of drainage. Recently, Broome and Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment announced a similar recommendation for the Ascension portion of Bayou Manchac. BATON ROUGE, La. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. Near perfect weather on repeat for Sunday. Tonight & Tomorrow : T onight temperatures will dip back Saturday AM Forecast: Today's weather will be near perfect. It includes the acquisition of approximately 200 acres of natural forested floodplain land along the Bayou Duplantier Channel as shown in the attachment. Drainage project to help flooding in Ascension Parish, LSU WR Malik Nabers arrested in New Orleans; prosecutors refuse to charge with condition, Power restored after outage at SU for mens basketball game, Newly installed Methodist bishop makes Louisiana history, 1 person hurt during overnight shooting, officials say, Scammers posing as Livingston Parish sheriff, deputies say, ExxonMobil faces racial discrimination lawsuit. Proud of BCWK's bold legal efforts to defend our region's wetlands, led by Legal Director Kristen Schlemmer. "We do believe this project will provide an immediate benefit to Ascension Parish and the surrounding parishes as well," Monzon said. 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. A new control gate on New River would direct how much water heads east, how much heads west and prevent water from backing up into Bluff Swamp. They noticed the water getting lower immediately once the pumps were active, but it will take several weeks to move the volume of water from the basin. That combination left homes in the basin stranded and flooded for weeks in August 2016 and again in May and has prompted dramatic but controversial emergency steps by Ascension and Iberville officials, like inflatable AquaDams and repeated cuts in the levee road, to protect people living in the swamp basin. Streets will flood in Port Vincent. The people who live in Bluff Swamp began flooding late last week from rain and drainage in the swamp region west of Bluff Road. 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. Now, it has become, by necessity, a utilitarian drainage outlet for suburban growth. "I wouldn't expect that road to be open any time soon," said John Connelly, a parish spokesman. Ascension Parish officials are trying to lower water levels in the swamp to protect homes in the swamp basin. GREENVILLE, S.C. - No. But EBR says the dams could worsen flooding there. Please drink responsibly! "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. Please keep our wonderful community in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks for watching this episode of Scotch on the Bayou - where we explore the wonders of Scotch whisky and the flavor of life in Louisiana. At Ascension on the Bayou, you'll find a luxury residential community that features elegantly furnished apartments from ExecuStay Midwest in the prestigious Memorial area of Houston. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. They include at least one other pump station at the former Willow Glen power station near St. Gabriel that would drain Manchac directly, bayou clearing projects and the raising of low bridges over Manchac, Ascension and other officials have said. Graves joined together with Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment, Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso, City of St. Gabriel Mayor Lionel Johnson, officials from Baton Rouge, and several other drainage leaders from the region. 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. A home is protected by an AquaDam on Bluff Road in Ascension Parish as the area continues to deal with flooding problems on Monday May 24, 2021. N. Ascension On The Bayou: Multifamily At 150 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. Backwater flooding occurs along the lower reaches of these streams and along Bayou Manchac. Some of the worst flooding along Manchac happens from backwater in the Amite, which pushes water up the bayou and against its normal flow. Just praying for the rain to stop is not a valuable solution, says one female who lives near Bluff Swamp. Rosso, 69, who spent a career in industry and doesn't like to hear what can't be done, said he doesn't understand why more hasn't happened on Manchac in the five years since the August 2016 flood sent nine inches of water into his house. To day & Tonight : The Temperatures across the Friday PM Forecast: starting weekend cooler then trending warmer. The funds advance flood protection, mitigation and resiliency, including: For more information about these projects and funding, clickhere. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time. 1 0 obj DO NOT share this content with minors- share it with your friends of age! 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. Winds will ease into the evening. Work that improves the efficiency of Manchac to drain to the Amite will likewise improve the efficiency of Amite to send water back upstream, Kemp said. BATON ROUGE, La. But in order to get to his house he has to drive through high water. 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. Though still very early, engineers working for Ascension Parish now say they may have found a plan to provide the long-sought back-door drain for the Spanish Lake region and, by extension, Manchac, as the August 2016 flood, repeated hurricane threats and the rains of May have focused attention on the region's drainage issues. Bob Jacobsen, a Baton Rouge hydrologist who has been a part of past studies of Manchac, said a lot will depend on what kind of flood reduction HNTB can find from the proposal. 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. John Rosso, a resident of the Belle Grove neighborhood in Prairieville, has been trying to gather support from surrounding neighborhood associations to press Graves and local officials on Manchac. You have permission to edit this article. 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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. endobj BATON ROUGE - The Tigers win the Podium Watch the 2 Your Health report for Friday, March 3, 2023. 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.