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New Iberia officials detail detention pond plan as residents describe repeated street flooding
Summary
City officials described a planned detention pond and ongoing drainage work for Acadian Acres and Summerfield; residents said local streets have flooded repeatedly and urged faster action while the city awaits permits and grants.
A public hearing at the New Iberia City Council meeting focused on a planned detention pond to relieve chronic street flooding in parts of the city, and residents urged faster corrective work as some homes continue to flood after short thunderstorms.
Blaise Talbot, a Russo Street resident, told the council that local streets have begun to flood “on a regular thunderstorm day” and described recent damage to neighbors’ homes. “If we get a hurricane, we’re done,” Talbot said, adding that a nearby street’s standing water had recently crested between cars.
Mayor (spoke without a full name in the transcript) summarized the detention-pond project and permitting status. “This has been going on for a while,” the mayor said, describing the site as the property “on Monterrey” where the Echo Drive-In once stood. The mayor said the city bought the…
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