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Amite River - Darlington Reservoir
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:12 am
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:12 am
WBRZ
Approximately 113 homes would have to be acquired, a cemetery moved, and multiple businesses relocated.
I grew up about a mile from where the Amite crosses hwy 432 (where the reservoir would begin) and we have family property in the area that would be flooded. I actually wouldn’t mind them doing this, but I don’t think it will do much, if anything to solve the issue of flooding. I believe the flooding is caused by the highways and interstates preventing water from draining naturally. I-12 is essentially a huge dam.
ETA: They're considering a permanent lake of around 230 acres. The rest would be dry flood plain, possibly WMA.
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BATON ROUGE - The US Army Corps of Engineers is considering the construction of a new dam and reservoir along the Amite River to help prevent flooding in heavily populated parts of East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension parishes.
The Corps is looking at the Darlington area as a prospective location for the $2.3 billion project, which would create a flood pool of nearly 20 square miles along the East Feliciana-St. Helena parish line.
There's no prospective timetable on how long the project would take should it be approved. If approved, it would still require funding from Congress.
The Corps will have a 45-day comment period, including public hearings on Dec. 17 at the North Park Recreation Center in Denham Springs and Dec. 18 at the Clinton United Methodist Church in Clinton.
Approximately 113 homes would have to be acquired, a cemetery moved, and multiple businesses relocated.
I grew up about a mile from where the Amite crosses hwy 432 (where the reservoir would begin) and we have family property in the area that would be flooded. I actually wouldn’t mind them doing this, but I don’t think it will do much, if anything to solve the issue of flooding. I believe the flooding is caused by the highways and interstates preventing water from draining naturally. I-12 is essentially a huge dam.
ETA: They're considering a permanent lake of around 230 acres. The rest would be dry flood plain, possibly WMA.
This post was edited on 12/13/19 at 11:58 am
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Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:14 am to PawnMaster
They going to stock that thing with them Florida bass?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:15 am to PawnMaster
What a boondoggle, it would just fill up and flood
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:19 am to Strannix
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What a boondoggle, it would just fill up and flood
You do understand it will be a flood pool not a lake correct?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:22 am to Obtuse1
Well the first line says it’s a reservoir, they need that 2 billion for the wall anyway
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:26 am to PawnMaster
I think it’s a solid project to add some flexibility to the flood control systems working in tangent with the comite diversion.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:28 am to kingbob
What politicians are pushing this and who owns most of the land ?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:29 am to Strannix
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Well the first line says it’s a reservoir, they need that 2 billion for the wall anyway
It is a flood pool and will only be a lake when the flow needs to be reduced below it.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:32 am to michael corleone
This is not a new idea. It was floated back when Edwin was governor.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:40 am to PawnMaster
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I don’t think it will do much, if anything to solve the issue of flooding. I believe the flooding is caused by the highways and interstates preventing water from draining naturally. I-12 is essentially a huge dam.
It's amazing how many experts the OT has. PawnMaster is a hydrologist, y'all.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:42 am to PawnMaster
The idea is to flood the people who built on high land to preserve the people who built in a flood plain.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:42 am to PawnMaster
Seems like in 2016 a lot of the rain initially fell north of the BR area so something like this would have probably helped.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:51 am to PawnMaster
My great grandchildren will be so thankful when this is complete.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:51 am to PawnMaster
How does this effect St George?
Not even official and it's already ... under water. :rimshot:
Not even official and it's already ... under water. :rimshot:
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:54 am to PawnMaster
Great idea! Let's confiscate land from folks who are high-and-dry and have been living in the area for generations to keep a bunch of folks (relative newcomers) who built in a flood zone from, well, flooding!
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:55 am to kingbob
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I think it’s a solid project to add some flexibility to the flood control systems working in tangent with the comite diversion.
It's government theft of peoples' land for a boondoggle. Nothing more.
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Tynes and others asked why they should be asked to sacrifice land that their families have held for generations and that have rural qualities that would be hard to find elsewhere, all for the benefit of people downstream who bought homes in flood-prone areas that have been overbuilt.
"Bad decisions on those people's part should not change my way of life, my parents' way of life, my wife's, my children's or anything like that," Cornette said.
What would the reaction be if the CoE decided to use Bayou Manchac as a diversion to route Amite water in to the Mississippi? That's what nature intended this body of water to do? Would folks be so eager to confiscate the land of those along the former Iberville River?
This post was edited on 12/13/19 at 7:59 am
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:56 am to PawnMaster
I'm betting we'll have flying cars before this happens. Comite Diversion is just a big drainage ditch and that has/is taking decades.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:57 am to PawnMaster
This would be huge for flood protection and for development/recreation in the northeastern part of the Baton Rouge metro.
Should have happened 35 years ago.
Should have happened 35 years ago.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:59 am to PawnMaster
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I believe the flooding is caused by the highways and interstates preventing water from draining naturally. I-12 is essentially a huge dam.
The reservoir would help prevent water from even getting that high.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:59 am to dewster
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This would be huge for flood protection and for development/recreation in the northeastern part of the Baton Rouge metro.
It's a proposed dry reservoir, not a lake.
This post was edited on 12/13/19 at 8:00 am
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