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Class Action Lawsuits coming in Prairieville?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:33 pm
Lots of chatter that the some of the neighborhood developers in Prairieville built neighborhood streets LOWER than the lakes they are supposed to drain into.
The parish did not inspect and issued permits willy nilly. These neighborhoods, not in a flood zone, all flooded in 2016.
The parish is trying real hard to keep it quiet while they go to work trying to fix the issue in 12 Oaks off Hwy 42. Now they realize it’s the same way in Manchac Harbor.
Many of the drainage pipes from storm drains are submerged multiple feet under the water in the lakes they are supposed to drain into, meaning they don’t drain at all. The storm drains just sit full of water, even when it hasn’t rained in months. Additionally, the storm drains themselves are destroyed with holes throughout. These drains go under houses and yards causing massive erosion.
The parish has spent years sending out engineers to try and find a solution and there is not one without putting pumps into the storm drains.
The councilman is aware of this problem. The Parish President is also aware of this problem.
They have chose to do nothing, while people’s houses and driveways are moving and being destroyed.
Little bird is telling me the next ascension parish council meeting will be interesting….
The parish did not inspect and issued permits willy nilly. These neighborhoods, not in a flood zone, all flooded in 2016.
The parish is trying real hard to keep it quiet while they go to work trying to fix the issue in 12 Oaks off Hwy 42. Now they realize it’s the same way in Manchac Harbor.
Many of the drainage pipes from storm drains are submerged multiple feet under the water in the lakes they are supposed to drain into, meaning they don’t drain at all. The storm drains just sit full of water, even when it hasn’t rained in months. Additionally, the storm drains themselves are destroyed with holes throughout. These drains go under houses and yards causing massive erosion.
The parish has spent years sending out engineers to try and find a solution and there is not one without putting pumps into the storm drains.
The councilman is aware of this problem. The Parish President is also aware of this problem.
They have chose to do nothing, while people’s houses and driveways are moving and being destroyed.
Little bird is telling me the next ascension parish council meeting will be interesting….
This post was edited on 2/24/25 at 8:15 am
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Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:37 pm to blueboxer1119
Incompetent LA government.
As much of a guarantee as death and taxes.
As much of a guarantee as death and taxes.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:37 pm to blueboxer1119
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built neighborhood streets LOWER than the lakes they are supposed to drain into
Let me get this straight…as your driving through your neighborhood, you look to the nearest lake…and it’s higher than you? That’s what you’re saying.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:40 pm to ThatMakesSense
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Let me get this straight…as your driving through your neighborhood, you look to the nearest lake…and it’s higher than you? That’s what you’re saying.
Yes sir, that is correct.
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:40 pm to blueboxer1119
Contractors should be held responsible. They are the ones who do things as cheap as possible, which I understand from their perspective, but people spend a lot of money on homes to later deal with issues they thought they wouldn't have to deal with all because the contractors was trying to cut cost.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:42 pm to OweO
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Contractors should be held responsible.
When the parish does an inspection and issues a permit, they are responsible.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:43 pm to blueboxer1119
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Yes sir, that is correct.
What neighborhoods? I want to look at google map
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:45 pm to OweO
12 Oaks and Manchac Harbor.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:46 pm to OweO
developer/contractor is the same thing in these tract subdivisions
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:47 pm to blueboxer1119
Contractors get Flood and traffic studies that are bought and paid. Your local planning and zoning take these studies at face value most of the time. They aren’t worth the paper they are printed on 99% of the time.
I asked a contractor at a meeting had he ever had a traffic study that said the development will negatively impact traffic. He wouldn’t answer.
I asked a contractor at a meeting had he ever had a traffic study that said the development will negatively impact traffic. He wouldn’t answer.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:58 pm to lsufan1971
bullshite
traffic impact fees are the remedy to the municipality. We just paid almost 100K in impact fees to AP for a tenant occupied improvement inside an existing building. It is nearly impossible to deny a developer due to traffic impact. It’s all about drainage and mitigation not traffic
traffic impact fees are the remedy to the municipality. We just paid almost 100K in impact fees to AP for a tenant occupied improvement inside an existing building. It is nearly impossible to deny a developer due to traffic impact. It’s all about drainage and mitigation not traffic
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:18 pm to blueboxer1119
Seems like this would have exposed itself almost right after they built them. How long ago were they built?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:20 pm to blueboxer1119
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nearest lake…and it’s higher than you
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that is correct
I've always known since about 13ish, you don't build near water, lower than that body of water. Do people really need the government to tell them that?
Or is this more about the drainage the government promised they installed correctly?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:20 pm to blueboxer1119
I haven’t heard anything about this
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:20 pm to OweO
It's not just the contractors. The parish, the developers, the engineers, and the contractors are all responsible! Every last one of them cut corners, pull shady crap, etc., just to line their pockets with money.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:23 pm to OweO
Your Civil Engineer would be responsible. Developer hoses a civil engineering firm and they survey the area and come up with the storm water management plan.
It could be as simple as the lakes are silting up and the lakes need to be dredged or the water level manually lowered.
It could be as simple as the lakes are silting up and the lakes need to be dredged or the water level manually lowered.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:25 pm to blueboxer1119
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built neighborhood streets LOWER than the lakes they are supposed to drain into.
nobody noticed this little issue before buying a house there?Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:27 pm to blueboxer1119
Why did they wait almost 10 years after to sue?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:29 pm to blueboxer1119
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neighborhood streets LOWER than the lakes they are supposed to drain into.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:43 pm to blueboxer1119
If the roads are lower than the lakes, what is preventing the lakes from draining into the streets? Are there check valves at every culvert entering the lake?
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 4:27 pm
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