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Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:43 pm to farad
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they started to but due to lawsuits it was stopped for just that reason...
And even if the state loses the suit there is no mechanism to make the state correct the issue or pay damages.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:44 pm to LSU5508
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The walls caused the flooding. This is not even up for debate. There are plenty of lawsuits and I’m pretty sure they’re already being settled by DOTD and a lot of the private contractors that worked in the project.
I'm going to venture a guess that a system that dumped 2-3 inches of rain in one spot for several hours had something to do with the flooding.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:46 pm to BeepNode
The Town of Walker had a law suit following the "flood" and don't know what happened.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:49 pm to DakIsNoLB
A 1,000 year event???? I’d say maybe a 100 year event.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:55 pm to SuperSaint
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Only in Louisiana would there be a project that had probably a gazzillion 'studies' done before any ground was broken, but they fail to realize they're inadvertently building a levee
I-12 itself is a levee built through the middle of the Comite/Amite/Tickfaw/Tangi/Tchefuncte flood plains.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:55 pm to BeepNode
I can just picture your stupid haircut, sassy t shirt and FUPA
This post was edited on 5/11/23 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:57 pm to doubleb
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That would be an admission that their design was flawed opening them up to lawsuits.
They know it is. Until 2016 flood it was never a problem but that all changed. If you look at new construction on the interstate now they are putting openings all along the bottom of the wall
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:03 pm to armsdealer
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Some gold ole baw is going to take them out if it ever rains too much again.
Ironically he'd probably be held liable for that more than the state for building the stupid thing in the first place.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:04 pm to mdomingue
Imagine becoming such a feckless society that we believe concrete walls are difficult.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:05 pm to 9Fiddy
Holes in the barriers will not help against 35 inches of rain and an additional 2,000 dwellings built in a flood zone.
There are bigger issues than holes on the safety barriers.
There are bigger issues than holes on the safety barriers.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:10 pm to BeepNode
This post was edited on 5/11/23 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:16 pm to BeepNode
It is interesting how despite not admitting fault they basically have admitted fault designing all new concrete jersey barrier construction with holes at the bottom of it. Like I-12 deeper into Livingston Parish, I-10 south of Highland Rd, and I-10 between Lafayette and the Spillway. So they have realized that they did in fact, frick up.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:18 pm to dukke v
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A 1,000 year event???? I’d say maybe a 100 year event.
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dukke v
Well this certainly checks out.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:19 pm to BeepNode
I'm fairly certain those walls saved my house from flooding.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:21 pm to BeepNode
It’s not why we flooded. It’s 35 inches of ran and over construction. It was a perfect storm.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:25 pm to Obtuse1
The bigger lawsuit is comite diversion
Why wasn’t it completed after flood in the 80s
Why wasn’t it completed after flood in the 80s
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:28 pm to BeepNode
This is why those towns flooded, not because there weren't some weep holes in a wall. Plus, like someone else already said, not one government agency on this planet would design that wall with a 1000 storm in mind. It's impossible.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:35 pm to BeepNode
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If people from other states ever want to make fun of Louisiana, just show them photos of that dam they built and then point out that they still haven't fixed it 7 years later and are okay with it.
Louisiana built a major city in the wrong location 300 years ago and still hasn't fixed it. Seven years ain't shite.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 6:37 pm to Ingeniero
The wall def caused water to be deeper in some house in Walker. No doubt about it
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