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Council member urges review after contractor left shed following Canal Street demolition
Summary
Councilman Pierce said constituents reported a contractor left a shed behind when demolishing a house on Canal Street in Bayou Blue and that the contract price appeared unusually low; he asked administration to investigate the work at 300 Canal Street.
Councilman Pierce raised a constituent complaint during the Feb. 24 Lafourche Parish Council meeting about a recent demolition on Canal Street in Bayou Blue. Pierce said residents told him that while the house was torn down the contractor left a separate shed standing, and that the contract price appeared unusually low—Pierce cited a figure of about $1,700 as an example of what had been paid.
"Because they tore down the house, but they left the shed," Pierce said, calling for staff to check why the shed was not removed and to report back on the work performed at 300 Canal Street. The meeting record contains no immediate administrative response or vote on the matter; separate in the same meeting the council rescinded an earlier demolition award (Resolution No. 25-291) related to a different condemned property in Galliano.
The council did not take formal action during the discussion beyond a request for follow-up; administration staff are expected to investigate constituent concerns and return with details.
