Some are still waiting for the water to go down around their homes. 7 California, No. Paul Skenes fans a career high 13 in No. Horizontal Datum: Beefier police presence planned at football game after BRPD chief got into scuffle while making arrest near campus. Increased flow and strong current will affect river traffic. 4 0 obj 5 reviews of Ascension on the Bayou "This place is amazing!!! 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 . UPDATE: Ascension President Clint Cointment announced Monday the cut was reopened after it was closed over the weekend due to heavy rain. 3 0 obj So, with previous storms- in 2016 as well as in May 2021- we had to cut the road to let the water out. 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. 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. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Have an idea for a future video? Engineers with the Baton Rouge firm HNTB say the plan would take advantage of a natural link between New River and the Bluff Swamp that La. endobj Others say Ascension is leaving too many other stones unturned. 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. 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. 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. BATON ROUGE - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. Now of course even with all of this new flood mitigation construction, the parish is still considering a moratorium. Proud of BCWK's bold legal efforts to defend our region's wetlands, led by Legal Director Kristen Schlemmer. N. - Katy and Points West - HAIF - Houston's original social media Home Houston Area Neighborhoods and Places Katy and Points West Ascension On The Bayou: Multifamily At 150 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. USGS Flood Event Viewer: USGS technicians and hydrologists, in partnership with FEMA, have collected hundreds of high-water marks and produce flood inundation maps. Ascension on the Bayou is located in the heart of Houston, Texas, allowing you to amplify your lifestyle as you are never far from exceptional dining, endless shopping, and exciting entertainment. 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. According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? LSU gymnastics club meet brings tourists to downtown Baton Rouge. For Sale: 14306 Bayou Terrace Dr, St Amant, LA 70774 $70,000 MLS# 2023003283 Beautiful waterfront lod ready to build! 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. Read the original story below Two additional 30-inch pumps were expected to arrive later on Wednesday. Discover what awaits you when you make Ascension on the Bayou your new home, where the city meets the trail. Pumps directly tied to Manchac have been seen as prohibitively expensive because of the amount of canal dredging, wetlands destruction and home displacement necessary, but the officials are looking at alternative routes and at repurposing Willow Glen's discharge pipes over the Mississippi River levee to save money. Water will spread across the entire area from Bayou Mancha south to Port Vincent. We believe our homes, businesses and families should not be flooding. Water will inundate LA Hwy 42 and LA Hwy 431. Residents who lived in low-lying areas. DO NOT share this content with minors- share it with your friends of age! Its why Ascension Parish officials are looking at fixing the issues surrounding New River Bayou. endobj As old trees die, new ones aren't replacing them. 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. We believe our homes, businesses and families should not be flooding. The funds advance flood protection, mitigation and resiliency, including: For more information about these projects and funding, clickhere. 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. Backwater flooding is particularly severe when the Amite River floods. Fax: (225) 442-1736, 908 East 1st Street The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. . 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. Highly recommend this place to call home!! According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? 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. President Clint Cointment said his office is monitoring the river gauges along Bayou Manchac. RAl^!.>B,3U7 [r#X7!TBOVH+m=n2U\ak|*Q&- w.az There was a problem saving your notification. Ascension Parish officials say they cant wait any longer, on Nash Road, this is just one of many small projects that is going to make a big difference for folks who had tons of flooding within the past couple of weeks. Email David J. Mitchell at dmitchell@theadvocate.com. Since the 2016 flood, Iberville has completed an expansion of its floodgate where Alligator Bayou joins Bayou Manchac. 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. Fax: (225) 442-1736, Phone: (225) 686-4413 Backwater flooding occurs along the lower reaches of these streams and along Bayou Manchac. 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. He noted other concepts, including a stalled idea in the mid-2000s to put a pump and floodgate across Manchac, just haven't shown the benefit necessary to compete for dollars and generate political momentum. ASCENSION PARISH, La. }DCNDyWGv%a;J cX. If you notice any errors in the below information, please contact our. Rather than fighting, were working with the parishes on solutions like the ones announced in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Iberville. 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. This is the perfect weekend to get outdoors! % For a second time in less than five years, high, slow-draining floodwater in the Bluff Swamp will force Ascension Parish workers to cut a drainage path through Alligator Bayou Road, shutting it potentially for weeks longer. 1 0 obj We are committed to helping direct funding toward improved drainage of the Manchac, Alligator Bayou, and Spanish Lake basin,, $8.5 million to acquire the lowlands of Bayou Duplantier for flood retention, $5.7 million to create retention for Ward Creek, $4.7 million for Cypress Bayou green infrastructure in East Baton Rouge Parish, $5 million to restore the University Lakes and reduce flood risk, 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. After the 2016 Flood, Graves secured over $3 billion in federal funding to protect our homes, businesses, law enforcement, livelihoods, schools and the communities of South Louisiana. THE FORECAST Ascension consulting engineers have proposed linking New River with the southern end of the Bluff Swamp at a chronic low spot at La. 2 0 obj Really it affects EBR, Iberville, Ascension, the entire area, Parish President Clint Cointment said. You must be of legal drinking age in your country to watch this channel. Though she. 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. Until the water goes down, Gonzales says he and his neighbors are stuck in a waiting game. There was a problem saving your notification. I just felt it was a matter of time until we flood again, says one homeowner off Bluff Road. " 1 LSU's big win over Butler. Stream LIVE news here. 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. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The drugstore Southern University loses power before men's Senior Night basketball game. As detailed in the Facebook post above, authorities announced that the following roads are either closed or not passable: Belle Savanne Ave at Hwy 73 (Geismar)Bert Allen Rd at Hwy 621 (Gonzales)Bluff Rd at Hwy 74 (Geismar)Clay St at Church St (Donaldsonville)Duplessis at Beau Jon Ave (Prairieville)E Angelle Ct at N Angelle Ct (Gonzales)Evangeline Dr at Acadian Dr (Donaldsonville)Hwy 75 at Waterloo Dr (Geismar)Hwy 930 at West Ln (Prairieville)Jonathan Alaric Ave at Beau Douglas Ave (Gonzales)Mire Rd at Joby Ln (Gonzales)Mississippi St at Lessard St (Donaldsonville)Mississippi St at Railroad Ave (Donaldsonville)Mississippi St at St Vincent (Donaldsonville)Mississippi St at St Patrick St (Donaldsonville)Old Jefferson Hwy at Jefferson Crossing Ave (Prairieville)Old Jefferson Hwy at Monticello Dr (Prairieville)Perkins Rd at Airline Hwy (Prairieville)St Patrick St at Third St (Donaldsonville)Tiggy Duplessis Rd at Golden Meadow St (Gonzales)**W Tenth St at Catalpa St (Donaldsonville)Woodgate Ave at Woodchase Ct (Prairieville)Amanda St at Brittany St (Sorrento)Babin Rd at Airline Hwy (Gonzales)Bayou Narcisse/Cleo RdBayou Narcisse/JJ LanouxBlack Bayou at Ott Ln (Gonzales)Black Bayou at Hilbert Young (Gonzales)Black Bayou at Oneal**Boudreaux Rd at Bayou View AveCannon Rd/Dee GautreauRd(Gonzales)Cannon Rd/George Rouyea Rd(Gonzales)**Cannon Rd/Poto Ln**Causey Rd at Braud Rd (Prairieville)Chester Diez at Cal Rd**Clouatre Rd at Kurt Kundler Rd (Gonzales)Clouatre Rd at Hodgeson Rd (Gonzales)Ernest Floyd Rd N at Hwy 941 (Gonzales)Galaxy Blvd at Jupiter Ave (Darrow)Galaxy Blvd at Neptune Blvd (Darrow)Guist Rd at Hwy 941 (Gonzales)Hwy 22 at Ernest Floyd Rd S (Sorrento)Hwy 44 at Black Bayou Rd (Gonzales)Hwy 44 at Hwy 621 (Gonzales)Hwy 621 at Della Marchand(Gonzales)**Hwy 621 at Poes Rd (Gonzales)Hwy 621 at Young Rd (Gonzales)Hwy 621 at Lolley Ln (Gonzales)**Hwy 73 at Spellman Rd (Geismar)Hwy 73/Rivergate**Hwy 74 at Chester Diez Rd (Gonzales)Hwy 74 at Sterling**John West Rd at Hwy 931 (Gonzales)Manchac Place Dr at Bluff Rd (Prairieville)Oak St at Brittany St (Sorrento)Oak St at Poplar St (Sorrento)Pebblestone Ave at Timberstone Dr (Prairieville)Pelican Point Pkwy at Hwy 44 (Gonzales)Poplar St at Hackberry St (Sorrento)Provence Pointe Ave at Hwy 73 (Prairieville)Roddy Rd from Hwy 621 to Conifer RDRoyal Palms Ct at Pelican Point Pkwy (Gonzales)Summerfield at Hwy 431 (Prairieville)Sumter Dr at Charleston Rd (Prairieville)Swamp Rd E at Swamp Rd S (Prairieville)Swamp Rd E at Raybon Rd (Prairieville)Tommy Moore Rd at Airline Hwy (Gonzales)Toby at Fairchild RdW Edenborne/S St Landry, Volunteers searching streets of Baton Rouge for missing Georgia man, LSU gymnastics club meet brings tourists to downtown Baton Rouge. As of Friday, crews are alsooperating a total of seven pumps, four 30-inch axle driven pumps, and three 24-inch tractor pumps. 427 Bridge/Old Perkins Road over Bayou Manchac between East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parishes Friday June 25, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. You have permission to edit this article. Published: Jun. The weekend Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. 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. 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. Now, it has become, by necessity, a utilitarian drainage outlet for suburban growth. Longitude: 90.851944 W, ASCENSION PARISH - On Tuesday morning, a number of Ascension Parish Roads are closed due to area flooding overnight Monday. Saint Amant Swamp will be inundated. The people who live in Bluff Swamp began flooding late last week from rain and drainage in the swamp region west of Bluff Road. Officials said the pumps can each discharge about 20,000 gallons of water per minute. All rights reserved. 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. The new flood gate on Alligator Bayou Road in Prairieville opens and closes depending on how much rain falls. PRAIRIEVILLE - Ascension officials cut into Alligator Bayou Road Friday to help alleviate high water left behind by last week's downpour. The maintenance staff is very responsive, and grounds are always beautiful and well maintained. 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. 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. Ascension officials cut into Alligator Bayou Road Friday to help alleviate high water left behind by last week's downpour. Anything that would reduce that flooding would help improve the forest's health, he said. The area flooded because water draining from East Baton Rouge Parish and backed up water downstream poured over a levee road into the basin. Once more to the pumps: Ascension eyes new pump station to cut down Manchac flooding. As of Wednesday, six pumps were operating with two more on the way. All rights reserved. "There's at least a dozen or a dozen and a half houses that have water right now," Gonzales said. BATON ROUGE - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. Copyright 2021 WAFB. Iberville has been putting up Aquadams to protect those people from more water from Bayou Manchac. On October 4, 2021, Graves convened Ascension Parish Pres. Latitude: 30.332500 N, Instead, efforts need to be focused on getting the water out and these announcements are the first steps in that process. 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. ", Email David J. Mitchell at dmitchell@theadvocate.com. 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 . This property is perfect for the professional in Houston on a temporary stay. Friday PM Forecast: starting weekend cooler then trending warmer. One plan to lessen such flooding would drain nearby swamps in the Spanish Lake area into the Mississippi River instead. Read the original story below. LSU pitcher Paul Skenes LSU women's basketball beats Georgia 83-66 in SEC Tournament matchup. For more than a decade, officials in Ascension and Iberville parishes have sought ways to speed the flow of water in and out of the Spanish La. But in order to get to his house he has to drive through high water. We just would ask for our share of help.. 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. But EBR says the dams could worsen flooding there. 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. 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. Visit https://www.weather.gov/owp/operations for access to new EXPERIMENTAL products and services from the National Water Center: National Hydrologic Discussion, Area Hydrologic Discussion, Flood Hazard Outlook and the National Water Center Visualization Services, a suite of geospatial services depicting River Forecast Center and National Water Model information. There have been a lot of fights about who should take on the water and flood. Clint Cointment, EBR Mayor-President. Levees? stream NSU Campus, Candies Hall, Suite 405 Photo provided by Ascension Parish government, Raw sewage, shin-deep, oozes in streets, homes when Baton Rouge plant fails: 'It's so nasty', Hurricane Ida shows how FEMA, other bureaucracy can slow down waterway clean-up after storms. Monzon said the New River pump would help Ascension along Manchac and west of Interstate 10 by reducing water in the bayou. 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. Press enter or select the go button to submit request. Details that might determine the future of the New River pump like construction cost, the amount of flood reduction and operations remain unknown.
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