re: 1,800+ East Baton Rouge Parish homes may need to be raised because of 2016 floods

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developers build on every piece of land they can find on Burbank.

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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?