By: Sean Ellis, HoumaToday.com August 31, 2016 Terrebonne Parish officials are nearly finished connecting the massive Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system, protecting the parish with 35 miles of continuous levees from Pointe-aux-Chenes to Bayou Dularge. The 9,000 foot-levee’s foundation, which crosses open water from Bayou Sale Road to Four Point Road near Cocodrie and Dulac, has already […]
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“Going Public” video on HTV – with South Lafourche Levee District
South Lafourche Levee District General Manager Windell Curole disucsses the history of hurricanes in our region, including Hurricanes Katrina, Cindy, and Rita, and levee construction since those storms during this July 26, 2016 edition of the “Going Public” program on HTV. Segment 1: http://permalink.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?at=7cd792af5aee448f914de7adaa4c7dfb&a=4df83fd5293648d6bac53d692de076dc Segment 2: http://permalink.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?at=e67757743b1143029b515c6f30edc935&a=4df83fd5293648d6bac53d692de076dc
Terrebonne, Lafourche parish officials show off levee improvements
By: Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com July 20, 2016 http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/07/terrebonne_lafourche_parish_of.html Officials with levee districts in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish briefed members of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board on the status of the Morganza to the Gulf and Larose to Golden Meadow hurricane levees on Wednesday (July 20). The authority board met at Nicholls State University […]
June 2016 MAC Newsletter
MAC Newsletter – June 29, 2016 By; Morganza Action Coalition View/Print in online newsletter format here
Terrebonne Levee Officials Talk Morganza on HTV’s “Going Public”
Terrebonne Levee Officials Talk Morganza on HTV’s “Going Public” June 28, 2016 Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District (TLCD) Chairman Tony Alford, Executive Director Reggie Dupre and new members of the TLCD Board of Commissioners were guests on the HTV talk show program “Going Public” on Tuesday, June 28. In the first segment, Alford, Dupre, and […]
An important milestone for Morganza
By: HoumaToday.com June 23, 2016 The progress on the Morganza levee system has been slow and halting, when progress has been made at all. But the project recently passed a significant milestone when crews closed a gap in the structure, which now boasts 31 continuous miles of flood protection. “Now that gap is closed off, […]
