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Parish resumes Bonnet Carré spillway water-line upgrades; switches to HDPE and ups capacity to 8 inches
Summary
Parish President Jewell said work on a spillway water-line project — previously paused due to high water — has resumed; the upgrade replaces older transite piping with HDPE and increases a water line from 6 inches to 8 inches to improve capacity and reliability.
Parish President Jewell said the parish has resumed work on a water-line upgrade near the spillway after earlier high water forced a halt, and that the project will use high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in place of older transite piping.
Jewell said the upgrade increases an existing line from 6 inches to 8 inches and will loop service around the spillway, which the parish expects will improve capacity and reliability and support water quality in the affected area. The project had been paused because of high water in the spillway and on the river but is back underway, parish officials said.
No council motion or vote was recorded on the upgrade in the meeting remarks; Jewell framed the update as a construction-status report and described the engineering change to HDPE as a durability improvement compared with older piping materials.
The parish did not provide a contractor name or a revised completion schedule during the remarks.
