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Does anyone have an update on the LSU Lakes makeover?
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:36 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:36 am
Planning to attend some games this year and would love to see newly fixed up LSU lakes.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:40 am to sidewalkside
From the recent videos around LSU, Huey’s idea for digging the lakes and piling the dirt up into mounds on campus isn’t working.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:43 am to sidewalkside
It's going great, the lakes look fantastic and the project has been carried on without any delays as you would expect from the powers that be in this city.
I kid, they left all the dredged dirt in the lake so there's now an island full of trash trees that blocks the view across it and May St has been closed for months with seemingly no urgency to ever get it back open.
I kid, they left all the dredged dirt in the lake so there's now an island full of trash trees that blocks the view across it and May St has been closed for months with seemingly no urgency to ever get it back open.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:44 am to sidewalkside
It's taking longer and costing more than expected. By a lot.
What'd you expect from Louisiana?
It will be worth it though IMO. They were fricking gross and stunk. They could be a really cool thing if this is done properly.
Controversial opinion, but I also think they should let homes on the water have small piers/docks. With some restrictions on size and materials, etc.
What'd you expect from Louisiana?
It will be worth it though IMO. They were fricking gross and stunk. They could be a really cool thing if this is done properly.
Controversial opinion, but I also think they should let homes on the water have small piers/docks. With some restrictions on size and materials, etc.
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 10:46 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:46 am to sidewalkside
The small lake by Miller Hall is basically a mud lake at this point. What are they trying to accomplish there?
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:48 am to sidewalkside
I remember a few years ago they said the target date for the project bring completed was by the LSU-Clemson game in BR
It’ll never be ready in time
It’ll never be ready in time
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:49 am to sidewalkside
Their ideas for plants on the shoreline is going about how you’d expect. But at least with the gentler slopes it’ll be easier to bush hog and keep mowed when people get sick of the overgrowth and give up. The slopes were near impossible to maintain before and always overgrown.
To their credit, even with silt still getting stirred up, the water looks MUCH better than I ever remember. The deepening has definitely improved the water quality. It has motion to it now.
Jury still out on the May Street Bridge. If they get that right it’ll be a big redeeming quality.
I know nobody likes the expanded shorelines but that’s what you get when we can’t afford to transport the dredge material offsite. People also don’t like the islands, but same deal as the shorelines, and they’ll eventually be really attractive for birds and wildlife.
To their credit, even with silt still getting stirred up, the water looks MUCH better than I ever remember. The deepening has definitely improved the water quality. It has motion to it now.
Jury still out on the May Street Bridge. If they get that right it’ll be a big redeeming quality.
I know nobody likes the expanded shorelines but that’s what you get when we can’t afford to transport the dredge material offsite. People also don’t like the islands, but same deal as the shorelines, and they’ll eventually be really attractive for birds and wildlife.
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 10:55 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:59 am to The Boat
That's sad. They were nice when I was at LSU
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:19 am to CatfishJohn
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Controversial opinion, but I also think they should let homes on the water have small piers/docks.
Add a place that rents those small boats near City Park. It could be a really fun destination.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:54 am to Shexter
The vision plan and the associated visuals looked great. The execution has been poor and a huge lost opportunity to dramatically improve this community asset. $81 million for the current mess, that does not include all the pathway improvements, which was part of the initial vision.
I believe about another $50 million is needed to complete the project, including Wampold Park enhancements and the widening of the Corporate Canal into another small lake. Only $14 million has been secured from FEMA for the Corporate Canal section, which connects Stanford to Sorority Row and addresses some drainage issues.
One of the biggest concerns expressed by those attending a town hall meeting, is the ongoing maintenance once completed.
I believe about another $50 million is needed to complete the project, including Wampold Park enhancements and the widening of the Corporate Canal into another small lake. Only $14 million has been secured from FEMA for the Corporate Canal section, which connects Stanford to Sorority Row and addresses some drainage issues.
One of the biggest concerns expressed by those attending a town hall meeting, is the ongoing maintenance once completed.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:17 pm to Thebuzz
What they have already planted is going to look bad quickly if it’s not already. The upkeep around the trees they planted is going to be difficult. It could have been planted to over grow without looking like it was overgrown. No one will cut the grasses between the trees in a timely/regular manner so you’re just going to get brush very soon.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:46 pm to sidewalkside
This "project" is the biggest boondoggle in construction history and whoever the lead contractors are should be barred from ever doing work in Louisiana again.
It's comically bad and ineffective. They just keep pushing sticks back and forth.
It's comically bad and ineffective. They just keep pushing sticks back and forth.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:52 pm to weaveballs1
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there's now an island full of trash trees that blocks the view across it
I dislike the islands and how they expanded around the bird sanctuary so much to the point of seemingly blocking views of entire main lake in too many locations. Even from old beach area your view northish of entire lake and view north of the rest of the lake along sorority row around that point looks like it was already going to be restricted or narrowed down midway towards the north section of the lake, and then they make an island just after it opens back up. I am also making an assumption that some of additional new ground showing in Sat view like near lakeshore and Christian St is just because of temporary water levels or similar, so the reduction of the lake might be even worse than I am thinking if making an incorrect assumption.
If what is being dug up was part of the pollution what are doing to it before reusing it reclaim and add land around the lake and make islands in the lake?
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