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ARBC executive director gives timeline for Comite River diversion and East Baton Rouge Corps projects
Summary
Paul Sawyer told commissioners the Comite River Diversion Canal and a Corps of Engineers East Baton Rouge Parish flood-control program are moving forward slowly, with rough completion estimates in the 2028 timeframe; Sawyer also described LWI projects administered by parishes and the process to reallocate East Feliciana funds.
Paul Sawyer, executive director of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District, briefed the commission on two large regional efforts that cross local jurisdictional boundaries: the Comite River Diversion Canal and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers East Baton Rouge Parish flood-control project.
Sawyer said the combined investment in the basin from the diversion canal and other Corps work is substantial — about $1.2 billion — and that contractors and federal partners are making slow, methodical progress. On the Comite River Diversion Canal, Sawyer said the most time-consuming recent issue has been the…
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