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Parish plans unified drainage model and manual to guide development and funding requests
Summary
Parish staff said gravity drainage districts are completing higher-resolution LiDAR and hydraulic models that will be consolidated into a single parish model and drainage manual to standardize permitting, reduce conflicts across district lines and support funding applications.
Parish staff told council members the parish is consolidating multiple drainage models and adopting a unified drainage manual and standards so developers, districts and the parish use the same data and rules.
Robert Dugas, a parish staff member, said drainage work funded through an Office of Community Development (OCD) grant has completed two channels and begun three more, and that the current focus is lateral ditching and smaller canals that feed main channels. "We're in phase 1, coming up with, you know, some stuff on phase 2. We're trying to get, some of the where we have gotten work orders in the past for lateral…
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