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Amite River Basin Commission adopts master plan aimed at cutting flood losses, updating maps
Summary
The Amite River Basin Commission unanimously approved a 13-project master plan that its contractor says could halve expected flood losses and supports map updates, CRS participation and targeted capital requests to fund priority work.
The Amite River Basin Commission on a unanimous roll-call vote approved a final master plan that lays out 13 physical projects and 26 non-structural actions intended to reduce flood risk across seven parishes in the Amite River Basin.
The plan “presents 13 physical projects that aimed to reduce flood risk, preserve the natural resources of the Amite River Basin,” said Sam, the contractor from Dewberry, as he presented the final document. Paul Sawyer, ARBC executive director, described the plan as a “transformative plan to reduce flood risk, preserve the natural resources of the Amite River Basin, and improve public safety.”
Why it matters: the contractor presented economic modeling showing the basin’s current average annual flood losses at about $210,000,000. The report projects that without action losses could rise substantially by 2050; with implementation of the 13 projects the plan estimates average annual losses could fall to roughly $264,000,000 (contractor’s estimates as…
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