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Remember the Darlington Reservoir?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:02 pm
It's back on the table after grassroots efforts killed it years ago. Why should folks who are high-and-dry (and have owned possibly-seized land for generations) have their land stolen to protect folks who choose to build in flood zones?
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Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:04 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:It will never happen.
the $2.3 billion project
Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:08 pm to LSURussian
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It will never happen.
...and you know that by "$2.3 billion" they actually mean "$6.9 billion."
Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:09 pm to LSURussian
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It will never happen.
It will if enough politicians can pocket some money out of it.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:13 pm to Cosmo
I think it would be cheaper to buy-out everybody along Bayou Manchac and use the stream for what it actually is, a natural diversion canal for both the Mississippi and Amite Rivers.
Edwin Edwards boasted in the last go around that he wanted to give his friends a "heads up" so they could go and buy up all the land around the proposed lake to either resell to the state for a park or to developers for recreational use. This didn't go over very well with the locals.
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It will if enough politicians can pocket some money out of it.
Edwin Edwards boasted in the last go around that he wanted to give his friends a "heads up" so they could go and buy up all the land around the proposed lake to either resell to the state for a park or to developers for recreational use. This didn't go over very well with the locals.
This post was edited on 11/25/19 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 11/25/19 at 1:35 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I think it would be cheaper to buy-out everybody along Bayou Manchac and use the stream for what it actually is, a natural diversion canal for both the Mississippi and Amite Rivers.
Everything south of Highland Road and that natural ridge in EBR would flood during flood events on the Mississippi River.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 2:12 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
It wouldn't have done much (if anything) to help us out in 2016.
Put that money towards finishing the diversion canal faster, drilling some fricking drain holes along the I12 dam, putting a levee up along the Amite and Comite rivers and some backflow preventers on the city and parish drainage systems.
Put that money towards finishing the diversion canal faster, drilling some fricking drain holes along the I12 dam, putting a levee up along the Amite and Comite rivers and some backflow preventers on the city and parish drainage systems.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 2:44 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I can understand hating the opportunity for crazy corruption in who ends up with land along the shore, but from an infrastructure standpoint, it’s a really great project which, in concert with the comite diversion, could help add some serious flexibility to the regional drainage system.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 2:50 pm to doubleb
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Everything south of Highland Road and that natural ridge in EBR would flood during flood events on the Mississippi River.
Which is exactly why I wouldn't look at houses on the west side of Highland Road.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 2:51 pm to kingbob
...or we could tell people don't build where it floods but if you do, build on piers.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 3:04 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
It would be a lot cheaper and easier to just dredge the bayou and Mississippi river. You can push all of the settlement down river and use it to help with rebuilding the coast.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 3:17 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Most of the 80k homes that flooded in 2016 had never flooded before.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 3:32 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Their land will not be stolen, they would be paid fair market value for it. Flooding in this multi-parish area is a serious issue and the posters who make light of it should be ashamed. We will have another historic flood event and we should prepare quickly for it. In my opinion we are working much to slow as we seem to have leaders who are not aware that water runs downhill. The Darlington area has a sparse population as compared to EBR, Livingston, and Ascension parishes. Compare today's multi-parish growth to what we once had in 1970 and you will realize that we are quite fortunate that we have not had a historic flood event like once every 3 years.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 5:08 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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...or we could tell people don't build where it floods but if you do, build on piers
It's a little too late for that.
Millions of people have already built where it floods.
It started when NO was founded and only got worse.
It's too late to put all those homes on piers and to do away with the levee system.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 6:07 am to kingbob
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Most of the 80k homes that flooded in 2016 had never flooded before.
Because developers have trucked in thousands of yards of dirt to fill holes to build new subdivisions. The water that used to go in those holes has to go somewhere. Houses in Pollard Estates (that have been around for 50-plus years and never flooded) flooded in 2016 because of development along Quail Drive, an area that used to go under water every time there was a heavy rain.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 6:12 am to doubleb
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Millions of people have already built where it floods.
Maybe our politicians are the product of our citizenry.
For thousands of years, human civilization has been smart enough to live on the high ground. Leave it to Louisiana to ignore wisdom gained from many generations of trial and error.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 6:41 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Remember the Darlington Reservoir?
Build it. We need to build big things in this country.
Stock it with Florida Bass.
This post was edited on 11/26/19 at 6:42 am
Posted on 11/26/19 at 6:47 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Because developers have trucked in thousands of yards of dirt to fill holes to build new subdivisions. The water that used to go in those holes has to go somewhere. Houses in Pollard Estates (that have been around for 50-plus years and never flooded) flooded in 2016 because of development along Quail Drive, an area that used to go under water every time there was a heavy rain.
"Development" may have hurt from the I-12 'levee' down, T...but I live 20 miles north, and not on the hills but in a bottom, and that 30 inches of rain running off the hills is what got me. 30 inches, in the span of a day...and it's trouble.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 7:44 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Anyone over 30 yrs old be dead and gone before they even start this project.
Look how long we been paying taxes on Comite diversion canal.
Look how long we been paying taxes on Comite diversion canal.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 7:45 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Why should folks who are high-and-dry (and have owned possibly-seized land for generations) have their land stolen to protect folks who choose to build in flood zones?
You're asking why efforts should be made for the capital of the state to not flood? Perplexing indeed.
This post was edited on 11/26/19 at 7:46 am
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