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Parish outlines tree‑removal and lateral‑opening work to improve drainage
Summary
Officials said crews will manually clear 8–10 fallen trees along a wooded bank between Vitash and Weir with landowner approval, and pursue intergovernmental agreements to open plugs and swales into a lateral that drains to the Vermilion; Corps of Engineers items and servitudes remain in progress.
During the meeting Speaker 1 described two maintenance efforts aimed at improving local drainage: clearing fallen trees along a wooded bank and opening plugged swales into a drainage lateral that ultimately feeds the Vermilion.
"Between Vitash and Weir, there's about 8 to 10 trees that have fallen in," Speaker 1 said, and he described meeting with the final landowner that morning. He said crews plan to "try and do it off by…
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