BATON ROUGE - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. There was a problem saving your notification. NAD83/WGS84, Search by city or zip code. The State-run Louisiana Watershed Initiative has, $50 million secured for Livingston Parish drainage projects, $760 million secured for the West Shore Project, $400 million secured for the Comite Diversion Project, $255 million East Baton Rouge Flood Control Project, $350 million for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding, For more information about these projects and funding, click, The East Baton Rouge Metro Council also recently. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. We had to pull all the floors and the insulation and cut the sheetrock, he said. SLIDELL - Two men were shot and killed in St. Tammany Parish late Saturday morning. Southern men's basketball falls to Alabama A&M Southern men's basketball falls to Alabama A&M on Senior Day 68-65. There will be minor flooding of residential areas. stream Our elegant and spacious apartments provide the perfect living space, with all the high-end features youd expect. Global climate change has also made rains more intense. Also, Kemp and others noted, any major plan to dredge out Manchac ignores an important fact about flooding on the bayou. Iberville has been putting up Aquadams to protect those people from more water from Bayou Manchac. PRAIRIEVILLE - Ascension officials cut into Alligator Bayou Road Friday to help alleviate high water left behind by last week's downpour. 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. Map Help Disclaimer Map Overlays County Boundaries WFO Boundary Reset Overlays An AquaDam has been placed along Bayou Manchac on Alligator Bayou Road Wednesday May 19, 2021, on the Ascension Parish/Iberville Parish line. For details. <> As workers stand on a temporary bridge, high water from the Bluff Swamp flows Friday, May 28, 2021, into Bayou Manchac, bottom, through a new, temporary drainage channel, center, left, cut across Alligator Bayou Road. BATON ROUGE - The Southern University men's Senior School accused of ignoring sexual misconduct of student later arrested in high-profile rape case. % A series of pumps are arrayed Tuesday, May 25, 2021, on Alligator Bayou Road to draw water from the Bluff Swamp, on right, into Bayou Manchac, on left. Iberville has been putting up Aquadams to protect those people from more water from Bayou Manchac. Some are still waiting for the water to go down around their homes. Ascension officials will likely have to come up with an operational plan regimenting the pump's operation, Corps officials added. In 2016, the closure lasted for a few months and drew complaints from people who live in the area and use it for access to Interstate 10. 427 Bridge/Old Perkins Road over Bayou Manchac between East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parishes Friday June 25, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Even before the mid-May storm, residents of the Ridge Road area inside Ascension's Bluff Swamp had aired worries about rising water in the swamp basin from earlier rains in April, council members have said in public meetings. There have been a lot of fights about who should take on the water and flood. There will be minor flooding of residential areas. Ascension Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness released a flood zone map that highlights areas they think will have moderate to major flooding. 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. Officials in both parishes have seen having larger floodgates as a way to speed up drainage of the basin, but permitting for the gates took a significant amount of time. Id love to hear from you! On July 7, 2021, Graves convened stakeholders to discuss regional solutions in the Bayou Manchac Watershed. BATON ROUGE, La. So, we are able to establish capacity beforehand and able to take that volume from that basin giving us another option, says Cointment. . Officials said the pumps can each discharge about 20,000 gallons of water per minute. The, Recently, Broome and Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment, There have been a lot of fights about who should take on the water and flood. BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 24 (UPI) --Louisiana authorities on Tuesday cut through and dug a 1-foot-deep hole in Alligator Bayou Road to relieve flooding in Ascension and Iberville parishes.The 1-foot . Copyright 2021 WAFB. The area has gradually become a runoff site for fast-growing parts of Ascension, East Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes but has a limited and congested path for all that drainage water to exit toward the Amite River, the ultimate runoff outlet for much the Baton Rouge region. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. endobj Reservoirs? Jonathan H. 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. 1 0 obj We just would ask for our share of help.. The National Weather Service prepares its forecasts and other services in collaboration with agencies like the US Geological Survey, US Bureau of Reclamation, US Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Park Service, ALERT Users Group, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and many state and local emergency managers across the country. Some of the pumps are run by tractors. endobj Parish officials announced Wednesday that crews plan to cut the drainage route where the road crosses over Fish Bayou either Friday or Saturday. The latest bout of high water stems from heavy rains that caused severe flash flooding in Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes last week and the subsequent drainage from those areas -- where rain approached 14 inches in a short span -- into the Bayou Manchac area. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. Watch the 2 Your Health report for Thursday, Watch the 2 Your Health report for Tuesday, Crawfish Tracker: Signs of life (and price drops). 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. Highly recommend this place to call home!! 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. (WAFB) - In May 2021, David Braud had to make extensive repairs to his home because of flooding. Follow David J. Mitchell on Twitter, @NewsieDave. Six members of the panel face their own election recalls, including Orgeron. Grays Creek and the main channel of the Amite River will merge. The people who live in Bluff Swamp began flooding late last week from rain and drainage in the swamp region west of Bluff Road. The funds advance flood protection, mitigation and resiliency, including: For more information about these projects and funding, clickhere. Nearly 15,000 homes in Ascension Parish were flooded, said Richard Webre, director of the parish's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. But EBR says the dams could worsen flooding there. The area flooded because water draining from East Baton Rouge Parish and backed up water downstream poured over a levee road into the basin. Fax: (202) 225-7313, Phone: (225) 442-1731 Please drink responsibly! On October 4, 2021, Graves convened Ascension Parish Pres. The new outlet and pump would also remove runoff from New River that now must travel 18 miles east through Geismar, Gonzales and St. Amant to Ascension's Marvin J. Braud Pumping Station, ultimately also keeping some water out of St. James and Livingston parishes downstream from those pumps. "I'm not overly stressed, but I got to bed at night thinking about it," said Mike Gonzales, who lives on Ridge Road. Winds will ease into the evening. 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. (WAFB) - In May 2021, David Braud had to make extensive repairs to his home because of flooding. If they can keep that much more water out than what we had last time by doing that then we wouldnt have had water in our house, Braud said. Fax: (225) 442-1736, Phone: (225) 686-4413 Along with dredging, the hope is that new projects will allow water to flow easier. 2 0 obj BATON ROUGE - The Tigers win the Podium Watch the 2 Your Health report for Friday, March 3, 2023. Ascension On The Bayou: Multifamily At 150 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. Residents who lived in low-lying areas. So, with previous storms- in 2016 as well as in May 2021- we had to cut the road to let the water out. FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? 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. provided to the NWS by the gauge owner. He installed an AquaDam around his home to keep it from flooding. 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. Instead, efforts need to be focused on getting the water out and these announcements are the first steps in that process. Person hurt in shooting at apartment complex on Lobdell Boulevard early Saturday, Officers make arrest in double-homicide sparked by verbal altercation Saturday morning. x[[o6~7,lEH]EN] E }PdG[y4v_BJNP(og?z'"TEg\'2tf9+z~&D "We had to pull all the floors and the insulation and cut the sheetrock," he. Recently, Broome and Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment announced a similar recommendation for the Ascension portion of Bayou Manchac. Residents are urged to use the map as a. LSU gymnastics club meet brings tourists to downtown Baton Rouge. 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. Sharon Weston Broome, Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso, State Senator Eddie Lambert, State Representative Tony Bacala, Councilman Corey Orgeron and Prairieville homeowner associations to discuss the ongoing clearing and snagging and future plans. Post in comments section of this video. 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. Monzon said the New River pump would help Ascension along Manchac and west of Interstate 10 by reducing water in the bayou. According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did so. Never drive under the influence of alcohol.Slinte, Yall!Please SUBSCRIBE and hit the LIKE button! RAl^!.>B,3U7 [r#X7!TBOVH+m=n2U\ak|*Q&- w.az This strain results in an increased risk that surrounding areas will experience catastrophic flooding during an intense rain event. 1 LSU's big win over Butler. HNTB officials did not respond immediately to requests for comment. 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? ", Email David J. Mitchell at dmitchell@theadvocate.com. Ascension officials on Wednesday could not say how long Alligator Bayou Road, which is already closed to due the pumping operations, will remain shut due to drainage path soon to be cut through it. The temporary pumps were set up on Alligator Bayou Road in Ascension Parish. Its why Ascension Parish officials are looking at fixing the issues surrounding New River Bayou. 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. As old trees die, new ones aren't replacing them. 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. Person hurt in shooting at apartment complex on Lobdell Boulevard early Saturday, Roads reopened after fire at Entergy substation in St. James Parish. Just praying for the rain to stop is not a valuable solution, says one female who lives near Bluff Swamp. Backwater flooding occurs along the lower reaches of these streams and along Bayou Manchac. 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. 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. According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps, Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps, Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks, Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks. Bayou Manchac used to flow into the Mississippi River before humans altered the course of Mother Nature. That kind of work could require, Rosso said, dredging out the Amite from its mouth at Lake Maurepas north and then into Manchac. 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. Ascension Parish officials made the cut to alleviate flooding in the region. UPDATE: Ascension President Clint Cointment announced Monday the cut was reopened after it was closed over the weekend due to heavy rain. You must be of legal drinking age in your country to watch this channel. East Ascension residents like Sheila Templet, 50, who, with her family, lives on South Hodgeson Avenue south of Gonzales and just north of Bayou Conway, are looking for a solution. 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. HXIU}\PpWO,nt"g$M4M *$_enBoxVRa-UU`zq${"/PHQyIFcZCI8VcutVsgo3RYYy&cC~7u-Zm%T81uC;v_GTI. 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. The weekend Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. 74 and Bluff Road in Dutchtown. It includes the acquisition of approximately 200 acres of natural forested floodplain land along the Bayou Duplantier Channel as shown in the attachment. "The natural flow of the terrain, in my view, is the best means to address the problem, alright? Streets will flood in Port Vincent. "I wouldn't expect that road to be open any time soon," said John Connelly, a parish spokesman. Increased flow and strong current will affect river traffic. Councilman Corey Orgeron, who represents northern Prairieville west of Airline Highway, had a basic question for Monzon. To day & Tonight : The Temperatures across the Friday PM Forecast: starting weekend cooler then trending warmer. BATON ROUGE, La. As the driveway disappears under the water, a house is surrounded by sandbags and water on Bluff Road as Ascension and Iberville Parishes continue to deal with flooding problems Monday May 24, 2021, in Ascension Parish, La. BATON ROUGE, LA U.S. The mouth of the Amite River at Lake Maurepas is the main drain for the big bathtub called the Amite River Basin. Police: Two men shot to death in Slidell late Saturday morning. On May 19, Ascension Parish officials approved the construction bid for two new floodgates where Fish Bayou joins Bayou Manchac just downstream from Iberville's gate. GREENVILLE, S.C. - No. All rights reserved. The aim was to control water levels in the Spanish Lake Basin to protect landowners, hardwood forests and to restore the flooded, 80-acre Cypress Flats to a . Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. You have permission to edit this article. Three pumps, red objections on right, background, siphon water from the Bluff Swamp and send into Bayou Manchac early Monday, May 24, 2021, in an attempt to lower high water levels in the swamp basin. THE FORECAST Beefier police presence planned at football game after BRPD chief got into scuffle while making arrest near campus. Accused murderer cleared by Baton Rouge jury after representing himself in court, released from jail. 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. The community here is incredible and the amenities are beyond expectation. Welcome to our Memorial apartments for rent, an amplified style of luxury apartment living in this prestigious area of Houston, Texas. "We do believe this project will provide an immediate benefit to Ascension Parish and the surrounding parishes as well," Monzon said. Living at Ascension has completely changed the way I think about home. 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. 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. Together, the floodgate, levee and ridge are designed to prevent backwater, which rises from the Amite when it is high, from flowing upstream into Henderson Bayou and flooding northeast Ascension. We are committed to helping direct funding toward improved drainage of the Manchac, Alligator Bayou, and Spanish Lake basin, Graves said. Copyright 2022 WAFB. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> In the statement Wednesday, Ascension Parish officials said that workers would monitor weather forecasts and have Public Works crews station at the site of the road cut to fill it and block water flow if Bayou Manchac again rises to 14 feet. Phone: (202) 225-3901 Ascension consulting engineers have proposed linking New River with the southern end of the Bluff Swamp at a chronic low spot at La. 10, 2021 at 3:03 PM PDT. The ownership, management and staff are totally aligned and committed to the residents loving their lifestyle. The plan to clear and snag Bayou Manchac from Highway 30 to the Alligator Bayou Flood Control Gate was introduced to the Baton Rouge Metro Council. As growth has continued to sprawl around the swamp basin, more roofs and concrete have sent more runoff into the basin. Phone: (985) 448-4103 Flooding in Ascension Parish is caused by headwater overflow of the Amite River, New River, Black Bayou, Bayou Narcisse, Bayou Francois, and Bayou Conway. 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. LSU women's basketball bounced out of SEC LSU women's basketball bounced out of SEC Tournament by Tennessee. Fax: (225) 442-1736, Ascension, East Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes reaching regional solutions, BATON ROUGE, LA U.S. Now of course even with all of this new flood mitigation construction, the parish is still considering a moratorium. "SLR supports both projects which partially restore the historic, seasonal hydrologic regime that sustained the 17,000-acre forested wetlands for thousands of years," Nesbit said. Untreated wastewater oozed onto residential streets and into several dozen homes after a sewage plant in southern East Baton Rouge Parish fail, Hurricane Ida clogged streams, rivers and bayous with tree branches and other debris, which local leaders worry could make those waterways mor. One plan to lessen such flooding would drain nearby swamps in the Spanish Lake area into the Mississippi River instead. Evacuations will be necessary. Anything that would reduce that flooding would help improve the forest's health, he said. The funds advance flood protection, mitigation and resiliency, including: $50 million secured for Livingston Parish drainage projects $760 million secured for the West Shore Project $400 million secured for the Comite Diversion Project $255 million East Baton Rouge Flood Control Project $350 million for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding Ascension Parish flood mitigations are being constructed for New River Bayou, LSU WR Malik Nabers arrested in New Orleans; prosecutors refuse to charge with condition, Mini workshop to bust myths surrounding sexual health, Experts give tips to prepare for daylight saving time. The Flood Event Viewer provides access to USGS monitoring activities for the August 2016 floods in Louisiana. We appreciate our three parish leaders taking this first step and we look forward to more announcements over the coming months. The State-run Louisiana Watershed Initiative hasrecently announcedtranches of projects across Louisiana that are funded by the Graves-secured $1.2 billion federal Community Development Block Grant for Louisiana flood mitigation. 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. As of Wednesday, six pumps were operating with two more on the way. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. You have permission to edit this article.