Proud of BCWK's bold legal efforts to defend our region's wetlands, led by Legal Director Kristen Schlemmer. Increased flow and strong current will affect river traffic. Streets will flood in Port Vincent. Follow David J. Mitchell on Twitter, @NewsieDave. 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. 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. 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. (WAFB) - In May 2021, David Braud had to make extensive repairs to his home because of flooding. 3 0 obj Highly recommend this place to call home!! 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. He installed an AquaDam around his home to keep it from flooding. Ascension officials cut into Alligator Bayou Road Friday to help alleviate high water left behind by last week's downpour. Backwater flooding is particularly severe when the Amite River floods. 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. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Discover what awaits you when you make Ascension on the Bayou your new home, where the city meets the trail. The weekend Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. 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. Along with dredging, the hope is that new projects will allow water to flow easier. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. RAl^!.>B,3U7 [r#X7!TBOVH+m=n2U\ak|*Q&- w.az 74 is blocking and reduce swamp flood waters that must now wait in line along with runoff from South Baton Rouge and eastern Iberville to exit through Manchac to the Amite. Itll be two two-by-twelves- which equals basically a cut in the road. Still flooded from last week's storm, Ascension to 'cut,' close roads to help drain like in 2016. 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. USGS Flood Event Viewer: USGS technicians and hydrologists, in partnership with FEMA, have collected hundreds of high-water marks and produce flood inundation maps. At that height, water in the bayou would start to flow back into the swamp basin. Beefier police presence planned at football game after BRPD chief got into scuffle while making arrest near campus. Cost has always been a stumbling block, however, for pumping plans that likely would need federal dollars, officials have said. Person hurt in shooting at apartment complex on Lobdell Boulevard early Saturday, Officers make arrest in double-homicide sparked by verbal altercation Saturday morning. Now of course even with all of this new flood mitigation construction, the parish is still considering a moratorium. One plan to lessen such flooding would drain nearby swamps in the Spanish Lake area into the Mississippi River instead. 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. Global climate change has also made rains more intense. There will be minor flooding of residential areas. Anything that would reduce that flooding would help improve the forest's health, he said. The mouth of the Amite River at Lake Maurepas is the main drain for the big bathtub called the Amite River Basin. 2 0 obj Councilman Corey Orgeron, who represents northern Prairieville west of Airline Highway, had a basic question for Monzon. LSU pitcher Paul Skenes LSU women's basketball beats Georgia 83-66 in SEC Tournament matchup. 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. 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. Now, it has become, by necessity, a utilitarian drainage outlet for suburban growth. 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. BATON ROUGE, La. An ant colony displaced by the flood waters floats near Alligator Bayou Road Wednesday May 19, 2021, in Ascension Parish, La. Vanessa, the new manager is great she is definitely taking things in the right direction. 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.". BATON ROUGE - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. 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. endobj Horizontal Datum: LIVINGSTON PARISH - The parents of a high Saturday PM Forecast: The comfortable weather is sticking around. "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. There was a problem saving your notification. Others say Ascension is leaving too many other stones unturned. This weeks announced plan will focus on clearing the East Baton Rouge portion. Major Flooding Moderate Flooding Minor Flooding Near Flood Stage No Flooding Observations Are Not Current Out of Service Flood Category Not Defined At or Below Low Water Threshold Last map update: 03/03/2023 at 04:52:41 am CST 03/03/2023 at 10:52:41 UTC What is UTC time? I just felt it was a matter of time until we flood again, says one homeowner off Bluff Road. " HNTB officials did not respond immediately to requests for comment. 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. 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. Also, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said the idea would also likely prompt an extensive permitting review because it will affect the hydrology of a large wetland area containing federal land banks set up to compensate for wetlands loss elsewhere in Louisiana. N. Ascension On The Bayou: Multifamily At 150 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. "The natural flow of the terrain, in my view, is the best means to address the problem, alright? 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 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. 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. Latitude: 30.332500 N, Ascension and Iberville officials took a similar course in the aftermath of the August 2016 flood, cutting Alligator Bayou and Manchac roads to allow the swamp basin to drain more quickly. 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. 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. Have an idea for a future video? Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map Phone: (985) 448-4103 The path will allow more water to drain from the Bluff Swamp and greater Spanish Lake area. Some are still waiting for the water to go down around their homes. 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 Though she. 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. x[[o6~7,lEH]EN] E }PdG[y4v_BJNP(og?z'"TEg\'2tf9+z~&D These communities in Iberville Parish are close knit and self dependent. But what I think is that we haven't yet taken and addressed those means to determine whether or not it's going to be satisfactory to meet the requirements of any 100-year flood," Rosso said. The parish said earlier this week it was using three pumps, with three more on standby, in that area to facilitate drainage. 7 California, No. Paul Skenes fans a career high 13 in No. Parishes seek levee district help for permits to dredge, de-snag Bayou Manchac, Governor Edwards, U.S. Rep. Graves seek disaster declaration for Louisiana following severe weather, Ascension council members who oversee drainage want to fire Parish President Cointment. Also on Wednesday morning, Iberville Parish officials reopened their floodgate at Alligator Bayou, further increasing drainage from the basin into Bayou Manchac, Ascension officials said. 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. 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. Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA, Chance of Exceeding Levels During Entire Period, Short-term Probabilistic Guidance (Experimental), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Port Vincent. Tonight & Tomorrow : T onight temperatures will dip back Saturday AM Forecast: Today's weather will be near perfect. If you notice any errors in the below information, please contact our. Once more to the pumps: Ascension eyes new pump station to cut down Manchac flooding. The project on Alligator Bayou Road is scheduled to be finished sometime this summer. 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. 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 FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. We believe our homes, businesses and families should not be flooding. This lot sits on the popular Amite River/Diversion Canal right at the wei. View the Enhanced Operating Capability Products and Services StoryMap here. Ascension officials will likely have to come up with an operational plan regimenting the pump's operation, Corps officials added. Flood of Record occurred on August 15, 2016. Winds will ease into the evening. Recently,more fundingwas announced for Louisiana flood protection projects. stream The high watermark on the tree shows where the. Two additional 30-inch pumps were expected to arrive later on Wednesday. endobj Benefitting Baton Rouge: Overall, Graves has secured over $3 billion half to clear the backlog of legacy flood projects and half to provide future protection against flood risks in South Louisiana. %PDF-1.5 The aim was to control water levels in the Spanish Lake Basin to protect landowners, hardwood forests and to restore the flooded, 80-acre Cypress Flats to a . Bob Jacobsen, a Baton Rouge hydrologist who has been a part of past studies of Manchac, said a lot will depend on what kind of flood reduction HNTB can find from the proposal. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana)issued the following statement after East Baton Rouge (EBR) Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso announced their recommendation to improve drainage along Bayou Manchac at the border of the two parishes. We never had anything done back here to help us with the water ever. The Flood Event Viewer provides access to USGS monitoring activities for the August 2016 floods in Louisiana. On Wednesday, Parish President Clint Cointment said the Ascension Department of Public Works plans to cut Alligator Bayou Road at Fish Bayou to facilitate drainage from Spanish Lake and Bluff Swamp basin. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. HXIU}\PpWO,nt"g$M4M *$_enBoxVRa-UU`zq${"/PHQyIFcZCI8VcutVsgo3RYYy&cC~7u-Zm%T81uC;v_GTI. Details that might determine the future of the New River pump like construction cost, the amount of flood reduction and operations remain unknown. We believe our homes, businesses and families should not be flooding. 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. 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. What that allows us to do is it allows us to regulate the surface elevations of north and west of the weir being New River, Goudine and the three branches of Goudine, says Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment. Welcome to our Memorial apartments for rent, an amplified style of luxury apartment living in this prestigious area of Houston, Texas. Our elegant and spacious apartments provide the perfect living space, with all the high-end features youd expect. Residents who lived in low-lying areas. President Clint Cointment said his office is monitoring the river gauges along Bayou Manchac. Living at Ascension has completely changed the way I think about home. 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.