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Parish approves $14.43 million pump‑station contract, outlines $110 million CPRA projects and local drainage wins
Summary
St. Charles Parish Council approved a $14,434,000 contract for Vernon's (Vermont's) pump station No. 1 and council and administration described $110 million in CPRA annual‑plan projects, a Munce pump‑station agenda item, and a parcel purchase saving the parish about $1.6 million on a drainage project.
The St. Charles Parish Council voted unanimously to approve a $14,434,000 construction contract with Sea Level Construction Inc. for Pump Station No. 1 on the East Bank‑West Shore hurricane protection levee system, a project public works officials described as a major upgrade to local drainage capacity.
Parish officials framed the pump station as a long‑planned element of the parish drainage master plan. Public Works Director and project staff told the council the new station will supply more than three‑and‑a‑half times the pumping capacity of the existing Prescott station and will protect more than 800 homes and businesses in the service area. Parish President Jewell and Public Works personnel said the project is under the engineering estimate and could improve the parish’s…
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