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re: LSU Lake Project
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:26 pm to nicholastiger
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:26 pm to nicholastiger
May Street being closed has fricked things up much worse than I thought it would.
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Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:30 pm to calcotron
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Shocking discovery: shallow water on top of mud looks like nasty muddy water.
Have they thought about a spray in pool liner?
That would probably solve it.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:31 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Oh yeah? Well when I was college a couple of my friends put motorized landcraft in the lake. There’s a nice curve on sorority row that’s hard to navigate dropping your date off after going out.
Doesn’t help when you’re pulling a big fricking anchor behind your truck.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:41 pm to Havoc
I attended the last update meeting held at LSU. The meeting set-up was amateurish, at best. Half the people had to stand because of limited seats. It was hard to hear because of no microphones for the audience asking questions. Very poor logistical management.
The vocal minority were concerned about the landscaping maintenance, the concept of a singular consortium managing the ongoing environment and the poor planning in determining fiscal requirements for execution.
Someone asked about the cypress and the project manager indicted that the cypress in the City Park Lake area was not sellable due to poor quality. They hope to sell the cypress from University Lake but that isn’t a definite.
The vocal minority were concerned about the landscaping maintenance, the concept of a singular consortium managing the ongoing environment and the poor planning in determining fiscal requirements for execution.
Someone asked about the cypress and the project manager indicted that the cypress in the City Park Lake area was not sellable due to poor quality. They hope to sell the cypress from University Lake but that isn’t a definite.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:43 pm to Thebuzz
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They hope to sell the cypress from University Lake but that isn’t a definite.
No mill is touching those trees with a 10 foot pole
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:50 pm to Thebuzz
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The vocal minority were concerned about the landscaping maintenance, the concept of a singular consortium managing the ongoing environment and the poor planning in determining fiscal requirements for execution.
We drove around the lakes last Saturday, and after not seeing them in a few years, the overgrowth was easily the biggest disappointment. In some spots you could barely even see the water. There were some homes that had their landscaping crews keeping it maintained, but it seems like someone should be responsible, not the homeowners.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:52 pm to HeyShowMeYourTDs
I passed the other day and thought it was looking better. Don’t live there though
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:54 pm to HeyShowMeYourTDs
The water quality itself is greatly improved (which was one of the goals of the dredging). Now the issue is cleaning up the banks which now have a lot of overgrowth
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:04 pm to fightin tigers
Why would they not?
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:10 pm to tonydtigr
quote:Put a big pvc pipe with a 3% fall in it that you have to hit your ball into to cross the Interstate.
I've always said that they should do this, make it 18 holes, and the 10th hole could be a drive over the interstate.
Goofy golf supplies many answers, you just have to formulate the right questions.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:12 pm to Klark Kent
The I-10 construction apparently fricked up things
I’ll say after an eternity of them attempting to complete the project it’s finally starting to look better
I’ll say after an eternity of them attempting to complete the project it’s finally starting to look better
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:12 pm to Klark Kent
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We drove around the lakes last Saturday, and after not seeing them in a few years, the overgrowth was easily the biggest disappointment. In some spots you could barely even see the water. There were some homes that had their landscaping crews keeping it maintained, but it seems like someone should be responsible, not the homeowners.
Adding vegetation to the shoreline is the last step of the process. They are working on it now:
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The project team conducted a comprehensive site walk on June 22nd, to review progress made on recent landscape installations around University Lake, as well as the maturation of the previously installed shoreline landscaping around City Park Lake and Lake Erie. While the maturation and “filling in” of the plant material installed will take some time, the project team did observe many areas where growth of the native species planted is on track. In other areas, particularly along shoreline edges, growth has been slow due to frequent inundations caused by heavy rain events. Project landscape architects and contractors are re-evaluating plant selections in those areas. ? Landscape maintenance is ongoing to remove weeds, water (as needed), and cut back new growth periodically in the newly landscaped areas.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:14 pm to Havoc
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Doesn’t help when you’re pulling a big fricking anchor behind your truck.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:20 pm to Joshjrn
I hope the city council of small matters approves my Prop Stop II application.
Fingers crossed. I’ll make a killing!!
Fingers crossed. I’ll make a killing!!
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:22 pm to Joshjrn
I don’t think that addresses my post?
this isn’t added vegetation i’m referring to, it’s overgrown grass, weeds, brush. And that wouldn’t explain why some homeowners are having it weedeated to match the grass level in front of their property.
this isn’t added vegetation i’m referring to, it’s overgrown grass, weeds, brush. And that wouldn’t explain why some homeowners are having it weedeated to match the grass level in front of their property.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:26 pm to UptownJoeBrown
The PowerPoint shown at the June update meeting is on the universitylakesproject.org website now. It provides many of the details of the project progress, including costs.
If I’m reading the slides correctly, $81 million has been raised for current contracts.One slide indicates that the running/walking/ bike paths will cost an additional $27 million. The expansion of Wampold Park will be between $14-16 million.
If I’m reading the slides correctly, $81 million has been raised for current contracts.One slide indicates that the running/walking/ bike paths will cost an additional $27 million. The expansion of Wampold Park will be between $14-16 million.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:26 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Why would they not?
Likelihood of metal in the wood. In true swamps the chances are really really low that someone nailed a sign or stapled something.
The risk would be assumed to be much greater. Although I guess the profit could be huge if there is enough of a market for LSU Lakes memorabilia.
Sell it as LSU cypress mulch maybe
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:37 pm to fightin tigers
Such a shame. And all the Lake Walkers/Runners have had a detour for well over a year now for the road work they are doing on that one side. When will the work be done?
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:50 pm to HeyShowMeYourTDs
The contractor that won the bid has been in trouble a few times for rigging bids and not performing.. of course they went with an out of state contractor to get the job done, once they screw it up enough they’ll pack up and head back to New York. That said, CSRS is the mastermind behind it. The lakes were “donated” to LSU and the city, if they aren’t maintained in accordance, I’m pretty sure the original landowners can take them back, fill them in and put Southern University where it was originally meant to be.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:53 pm to Klark Kent
I’ve lived on University Lake since 1990. The homeowners have always maintained the lakeside property although we don’t own the property. LSU owns it and the only time the grass is cut is the week of football home games and only on Dalrymple and May street. The DPW sends a bush-hog crew out. If we didn’t maintain it no one would. I guess we will now have more to maintain.
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