The project on Alligator Bayou Road is scheduled to be finished sometime this summer. In 2016, an estimated 17 billion gallons of water flowed over the road and into the swamp basin until the high water could be stopped with large sandbags and other measures. NSU Campus, Candies Hall, Suite 405 Still flooded from last week's storm, Ascension to 'cut,' close roads to help drain like in 2016. Have an idea for a future video? Follow David J. Mitchell on Twitter, @NewsieDave. One plan to lessen such flooding would drain nearby swamps in the Spanish Lake area into the Mississippi River instead. 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. 1 0 obj Horizontal Datum: Bold criminal secretly relaunched massage parlor prostitution ring as he cut a St. John's big inning hands Southeastern second straight loss, Coach Kim Mulkey talks LSU's record-tying season. endobj Ascension On The Bayou: Multifamily At 150 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N. The people who live in Bluff Swamp began flooding late last week from rain and drainage in the swamp region west of Bluff Road. Nearly 15,000 homes in Ascension Parish were flooded, said Richard Webre, director of the parish's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Graves Statement on Second Bayou Manchac Agreement Reached 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. 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. On this channel I will: Review expressions of scotch, primarily single malt scotch whisky Dive into educational topics about whisky Share the bounty of culture of Louisiana Feature my travels through Scotland Show that whisky is not pretentious nor is it only a \"man's drink.\" Whisky is the aquavitae - water of life - for those of age to enjoy, responsibly. So, with previous storms- in 2016 as well as in May 2021- we had to cut the road to let the water out. 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 . 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. DO NOT share this content with minors- share it with your friends of age! RAl^!.>B,3U7 [r#X7!TBOVH+m=n2U\ak|*Q&- w.az 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. 5 reviews of Ascension on the Bayou "This place is amazing!!! 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. Living at Ascension has completely changed the way I think about home. 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. 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. 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.". Ascension on the Bayou has created not just a high-end apartment complex, but a wonderful community experience which makes it a truly unique and desirable place to live. 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. 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. Residents are urged to use the map as a. On the other hand, people who study and manage the ecology of the Spanish Lake region said, at first blush, a New River pump might provide an important benefit that has been unrecognized in recent talks. So, we are able to establish capacity beforehand and able to take that volume from that basin giving us another option, says Cointment. "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. Louisiana officials cut through road to relieve flooding - UPI 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 - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. 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. 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. The new pump would also keep that water from having to get through Manchac in the first place, allowing water to drain more quickly out of Bayou Fountain in East Baton Rouge, Monzon said. 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Homes in the huge, bowl-shaped basin of roughly 17,000 acres are either flooded or surrounded by high water, which is draining slowly through a handful of existing floodgates and portable pumps recently installed by Ascension crews. "So," he said, "anything that we could you know add another outlet somewhere is worth looking at. We had to pull all the floors and the insulation and cut the sheetrock, he said. 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. 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. Please drink responsibly! UPDATE: Ascension President Clint Cointment announced Monday the cut was reopened after it was closed over the weekend due to heavy rain. 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. Grays Creek and the main channel of the Amite River will merge. Though she. Now of course even with all of this new flood mitigation construction, the parish is still considering a moratorium. The parish already as a floodgate at nearby Frog Bayou and Manchac. "Almost a year ago, there was an extreme weather occurrence where there was flooding and Alligator Bayou Road needed to be cut," said Ascension Parish Communication Director Brandon Gatlin.. "I'm not overly stressed, but I got to bed at night thinking about it," said Mike Gonzales, who lives on Ridge Road. Proud of BCWK's bold legal efforts to defend our region's wetlands, led by Legal Director Kristen Schlemmer. Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: New Orleans/Baton Rouge All rights reserved. Benefitting Baton Rouge: Overall, Graves has secured over $3 billion half to clear the backlog of legacy flood projects and half to provide future protection against flood risks in South Louisiana. They want to see more work on the bayou itself that benefits northern Prairieville residents directly. Some of the worst flooding along Manchac happens from backwater in the Amite, which pushes water up the bayou and against its normal flow. endobj %PDF-1.5 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. (WAFB) - New flood mitigation measures are being developed in parts of Ascension Parish that will hopefully prevent flooding in the . Bold criminal secretly relaunched massage parlor prostitution ring as he cut a Federal, local dollars at work clearing waterways in EBR, St. John's big inning hands Southeastern second straight loss, Coach Kim Mulkey talks LSU's record-tying season. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Reservoirs? Slinte, Yall! Check out Scotch on the Bayou Merch: https://my-store-11579182.creator-spring.com Check out the Scotch on the Bayou Blog for more in-depth reviews of this and other Camp Dram bottle reviews, life in Louisiana, distillery tours, recipes, and my travels in Scotland.This video is NOT sponsored. Parish officials announced Wednesday that crews plan to cut the drainage route where the road crosses over Fish Bayou either Friday or Saturday. }DCNDyWGv%a;J cX. 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. Person hurt in shooting at apartment complex on Lobdell Boulevard early Saturday, Officers make arrest in double-homicide sparked by verbal altercation Saturday morning. 4 LSU women's basketball Watch the 2 Your Health report for Friday, March 3, 2023. The parish said earlier this week it was using three pumps, with three more on standby, in that area to facilitate drainage. Also, Kemp and others noted, any major plan to dredge out Manchac ignores an important fact about flooding on the bayou. Photo provided by Ascension Parish government, Slow-draining Spanish Lake, Bluff Swamp leave residents stranded; AquaDams stand tall in court, Ascension considers new plan to dredge historic, scenic Bayou Manchac, Corps: Bayou, creek upgrades in Baton Rouge won't worsen Amite flooding; Ascension still opposed, Well before floods in Spanish Lake and Bluff Swamp, Ascension, Iberville eyed important fix. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. An AquaDam has been placed along Bayou Manchac on Alligator Bayou Road Wednesday May 19, 2021, on the Ascension Parish/Iberville Parish line. Watch the 2 Your Health report for Thursday, Watch the 2 Your Health report for Tuesday, Crawfish Tracker: Signs of life (and price drops). Discover what awaits you when you make Ascension on the Bayou your new home, where the city meets the trail. So, we are just taking a proactive stand on our weir system works here, and what we are going to do is we are going to go ahead and install 42 inches pipes with gate valves. FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? 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. The new flood gate on Alligator Bayou Road in Prairieville opens and closes depending on how much rain falls. Backwater flooding occurs along the lower reaches of these streams and along Bayou Manchac.