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re: 1,800+ East Baton Rouge Parish homes may need to be raised because of 2016 floods
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:18 am to TulaneUVA
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:18 am to TulaneUVA
Bayou Paul Rd. washing out saved the Burbank area in 2016. Had that not happened alot of the house along Burbank would have got water. Since then Iberville Parish has been doing what they can to prevent flooding in St. Gabriel while developers build on every piece of land they can find on Burbank.
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:22 am to T
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developers build on every piece of land they can find on Burbank.
Hopefully they are building to a higher finished floor elevation than in the past. Looks like they are, but you are right that some of that area is just naturally prone to some flooding - especially south of Burbank into Gardere.
And they are cramming those houses into those developments in that area. Which I guess makes sense from a lane use perspective if they are confident the area is not flood prone. Seems like they would have to spend a lot of money to build the neighborhoods up a foot or two.
What makes me a little more nervous is the stuff they are building out on Jones Creek/Coursey area. I thought that lane flooded. If they are building the houses up then great. But that would just displace the water to older, lower developments right?
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 10:25 am
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