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New Iberia awards engineering contract, pushes detention-pond, canal-cleaning work after heavy flooding
Summary
The New Iberia City Council approved a contract for engineering studies and discussed a $3.1 million detention-pond grant and an array of canal-cleaning and small drainage fixes as officials move to address neighborhood flooding from a recent heavy rain event.
The New Iberia City Council on Tuesday approved a contract with Staples Engineering and Consulting LLC to study new and existing flooding locations and outlined an immediate push to design a 3.4-acre detention pond north of Acadian Acres funded through a $3.1 million LWI grant.
Council leaders said the engineering work will identify both major projects, such as the detention pond, and smaller, faster fixes public works can do immediately with city drainage funds.
The work matters because many homes flooded during a short, intense storm that council members said in places dumped six to eight inches of rain in roughly an hour and a half. Mayor (name on file) told the council, “we have a million dollars in the drainage fund that I could pledge to fix these problems,” and that a separate $3 million state grant for the pond is pending final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review.
The council’s action was recorded as Resolution No. 2557, awarding Staples Engineering…
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