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Saint Charles Parish details $8.5M in 2025 grants and multi-year flood projects; DES ALLEMANDS funding moves forward

Saint Charles Parish Council · January 27, 2026
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Summary

Grants officer Carla Chasson told the council the parish won $8.5 million for 19 projects in 2025, has 26 pending applications requesting roughly $147 million, and is advancing several grant-funded capital projects — including pump station and canal improvements and a Des Allemands boat launch tied to CPRA funding.

Carla Chasson, the parish grants officer, told the Saint Charles Parish Council the grants office produced $8.5 million in awards across 19 projects in 2025 and currently has 26 outstanding applications requesting about $147,000,000, with roughly $25,200,000 in pending awards awaiting funding agreements.

Chasson said four capital projects are under construction — a boat launch, Primrose Canal work, the Mundes pump station and the Turtle Pond pump station — and five more are in…

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