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Comite River Diversion Canal Project
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:09 pm
Any posters here knowledgeable about the net effect on flooding on the downstream Amite River bottomland?
Certainly, it has to help some, just curious if there are any predictable flood level comparisons before and after this project is complete....now late 2025.
TIA
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 7:29 pm
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:13 pm to oldskule
It will help. But it’s biggest impact will be on Central, Zachary, and Baton Rouge.
We need to get the Darlington Reservoir built.
We need to get the Darlington Reservoir built.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:15 pm to oldskule
Is this the one with a set-aside appropriation from 30 years ago and in traditional LA fashion still hasn’t been built?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:29 pm to oldskule
Pro tip: dong invest in bottomland unless it's used for hunting
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:31 pm to oldskule
Been decades since I had heard, but it seems like it was 1-2' @ Port Vincent when I researched years ago.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:48 pm to oldskule
They said 2 feet in Denham Springs when they were selling it.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:09 pm to oldskule
They been talking about this since the flood of 1982.
One of the floods I came back to visit some friends.l to go fishing. The rain canceled our trip.
He lived in off Cherryl Drive which is the last neighborhood before Comite River on Greenwell Springs Road. Time period was the late 70’s or early 80’s.
We setup lawn chairs, got a cooler of beers, fixing to cook some steaks, and watched the water rise at first. Then it would not stop rising, so the joke was over and we got out of the neighborhood fast.
One of the floods I came back to visit some friends.l to go fishing. The rain canceled our trip.
He lived in off Cherryl Drive which is the last neighborhood before Comite River on Greenwell Springs Road. Time period was the late 70’s or early 80’s.
We setup lawn chairs, got a cooler of beers, fixing to cook some steaks, and watched the water rise at first. Then it would not stop rising, so the joke was over and we got out of the neighborhood fast.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:12 pm to oldskule
Our local friendly politicians can hang their hat on it to further their credibility, but the Corps will do what they will do at their own speed, which is next to geologic and legal time.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 7:21 pm to oldskule
link doesn't work.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:02 pm to oldskule
Years ago when Edwin Edwards was in office I thought they did a study to do the Darlington Reservoir.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:45 pm to oldskule
It won’t do nearly enough for how hard they tout it. They act like it’s a cure all.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:22 am to oldskule
When originally planned we could have had ten guys with shovels actually work on it every day and it would long since been completed.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 5:14 am to oldskule
quote:
Comite River Diversion
big hole in the ground should help if ever completed
Posted on 1/9/23 at 5:16 am to oldskule
Garrett Graves is all over that project. Email him or contact him through FaceBook or his website. His staffers will get you the answer
Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:33 am to oldskule
Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:42 am to oldskule
They finished the train and road bridge over 61 and you can see the massive trench from hwy 19 through Zachary to 61. Seems like it is pretty close. They need a bridge over 964 a and 19 still. It will probably suck to live in Zachary while they are working on the 964 bridge since that is the major roadway to BR.
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