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re: Judge orders Iberville to stop deployment of AquaDams along Manchac Road
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:53 am to goofball
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:53 am to goofball
I can see both sides. It's a natural flood plain and the residents that built there have that risk to bear. Just like some homes in EBR are being forced to raise or demolish their property, these could be driven to do the same.
BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
As many have said, this requires some sort of regional partnership or leadership to drive the general interest. There will be winners/losers in this, but I think we can all accept un-restrained growth and putting the stop on developers is probably the right answer.
I would like there to be a tax levied on new development in certain areas to fund a project of some sort. Someone posted an idea the other day in the rain thread of installing massive pumps to pick it up off the swamp and throw it over to the MS river. This is not that hard.
BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
As many have said, this requires some sort of regional partnership or leadership to drive the general interest. There will be winners/losers in this, but I think we can all accept un-restrained growth and putting the stop on developers is probably the right answer.
I would like there to be a tax levied on new development in certain areas to fund a project of some sort. Someone posted an idea the other day in the rain thread of installing massive pumps to pick it up off the swamp and throw it over to the MS river. This is not that hard.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 11:00 am
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Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:55 am to TulaneUVA
quote:no one is saying it isnt.
BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:59 am to TulaneUVA
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Someone posted an idea the other idea of installing massive pumps to pick it up off the swamp and throw it over to the MS river. This is not that hard.
Would help and potentially open new areas up for development safely. Unfortunately they’ll probably dam that off too.
Posted on 5/22/21 at 7:45 am to TulaneUVA
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BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
This guy gets it. I know the area well and know older fella on machac rd whose family has lived on same property for hundreds of years, yes hundreds. Old man I know in his 80’s has only seen water like this in 2016. In his lifetime and information from previous family homesteaders 2016 was the worse and only time ever having water come
Close to getting in home.
What’s change? He lives on same property, bayou machac still there, Spanish like isn’t new, Amite, comite, etc etc.
what’s change in as Tulane but above. Builders like dsld and many others building developments off Burbank, Lexington estates, U club, neighborhood behind community center off hwy 30 in st Gabriel recently build in swamp.. greedy developers snatching up whatever land available to build on. Tear down 100 acres between Walmart on Burbank and brec soccer fields that was a wooded swamp to build a neighborhood??!
We have created a concrete jungle, replaced watershed areas with trees and ability to soak up water to concrete slabs that create run off.
That’s your issue and who you need to point finger at. Not people who have lived in this are for years with no Issues.
This post was edited on 5/22/21 at 8:25 am
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