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Bayou Manchac clogged far worse than thought.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:11 pm
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Many of us here have speculated that the severe flooding we have seen has been exacerbated by the lack of maintenance of our rivers, bayous and canals. Well they began cleaning Manchac in February and the debris is piling up.
Taxpayers in EBR have been getting screwed for years now. Whether it’s public safety (the cops), drainage or our bus system we all can see just how bad things are when it comes to basic, vital services.
On the broadcast news tonite they said Manchac hasn’t been cleaned in 40 years. No wonder there are so many trees in the waterway.
Many of us here have speculated that the severe flooding we have seen has been exacerbated by the lack of maintenance of our rivers, bayous and canals. Well they began cleaning Manchac in February and the debris is piling up.
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EBR Transportation and Drainage Director Fred Raiford said the amount of debris found in the bayou far exceeded their estimates. "It's pretty severe," he said. "Until the water level dropped as low as it did—which was record level—you didn't know a lot of the material was underneath the water itself. It was blocking the flow, but it also caught more debris which created a dam-type situation."
Taxpayers in EBR have been getting screwed for years now. Whether it’s public safety (the cops), drainage or our bus system we all can see just how bad things are when it comes to basic, vital services.
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"The amount of trees that had fallen on the East Baton Rouge Parish side was pretty phenomenal," Raiford said.
On the broadcast news tonite they said Manchac hasn’t been cleaned in 40 years. No wonder there are so many trees in the waterway.
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Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:15 pm to doubleb
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No wonder there are so many trees in the waterway.
Thus exacerbating flooding. Can the parish be held liable for dereliction of duty?
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:31 pm to doubleb
quote:If its that bad, seems like they could’ve seen it with sonar pretty easily
Until the water level dropped as low as it did—which was record level—you didn't know a lot of the material was underneath the water itself.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:31 pm to doubleb
Blow that shite up.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:33 pm to doubleb
And the Amite is silted in far worse than thought. Dredge that muddafricka.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:34 pm to doubleb
Trashy MFers. Just put a landfill at one end of that nasty funk and use one of those massive mining machines to bulldoze it all the way down, clean it up while you dig it deeper.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:37 pm to doubleb
No mention on the reporter? I'd definitely clog her with my Manchac.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 8:47 pm to doubleb
Here's an idea - take the tax money we waste on the CATS bus system/jobs program and use it to clean critical waterways.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 9:04 pm to doubleb
It’s a bayou, what did he expect
Posted on 4/14/22 at 9:18 pm to doubleb
The company that is doing the work really has it looking good in the areas near the bridges that I can see. Ridiculous for this not to be done every couple years at minimum
Posted on 4/14/22 at 9:43 pm to doubleb
Here's the real kicker, the manchac is a protected scenic waterway. It cannot be cleaned or drug or anything without a permit from the corps. A few years back, the parish cleared a tree that fell and was blocking the channel. They just removed the tree without doing anything else and they got fined.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 9:49 pm to doubleb
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Fred Raiford
This guy needs to retire.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 10:09 pm to doubleb
Maybe said already but isn't there a law that prevented clearing the bayou because it's a historical waterway or some shite?
Posted on 4/14/22 at 10:17 pm to doubleb
I really don’t know what the issue is with Raiford. Is it the state bid process or what? People keep telling me he’s a good guy, but JFC, this stuff isn’t complicated. Knock out the “low hanging fruit” areas and work out. There’s going to be a buffer zone along waterways, trees are going to fall. Get what you can and circle back on maintenance program. They neglected it for far too long.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 11:32 am to doubleb
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Here's the real kicker, the manchac is a protected scenic waterway. It cannot be cleaned or drug or anything without a permit from the corps. A few years back, the parish cleared a tree that fell and was blocking the channel. They just removed the tree without doing anything else and they got fined.
By making Manchac a protected scenic waterway may be what kills it.
Not maintaining it as a waterway allows the dead fall to accumulate choking the flow off. When there is no flow, or current, it silts up and ultimately becomes a lifeless quagmire. My grandfather used to tell us of a Bayou Manchac was one that you could run an outboard from almost La. 30 to the Amite River and that he fished in. Now it is a dead drainage ditch the stinks of sewerage (cloaca).
That 'status ' must be removed and Manchac must be widened by at 3 times its' present average width.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 11:48 am to doubleb
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:17 pm to doubleb
I mean, why would we do a simple fricking survey?
It's not like we could buy a pretty simple commercial fishfinder and do a basic scan of the target areas.
It's not like we could buy a pretty simple commercial fishfinder and do a basic scan of the target areas.
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