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Committee urges parish to create plan for legacy detention‑pond problems
Summary
Members of the Livingston Parish Master Plan Review Committee urged the parish to develop a cohesive policy to address legacy detention ponds and improperly built subdivision ponds after members described repeated local flooding and unclear ownership of pond outfalls.
Committee members raised a recurring problem on March 17: detention ponds and privately built "sport lakes" in older subdivisions that are not maintained, have unclear ownership, and cause recurring flooding for adjacent homes.
Gerald Burns, a committee member, described a neighborhood on LA 447 North called Collins Place where six homes at a corner of the subdivision become flooded after modest rain. "When they get a 1 inch rain, they have to wade in water up to their waist almost to get to their homes," Burns said. He told the committee the subdivision's homeowners…
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