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Council plugs $7 million FEMA hazard‑mitigation funding into capital budget for Airport Road safe room design
Summary
Parish president said the council will add FEMA hazard‑mitigation dollars to the capital budget to start engineering and design for a proposed Airport Road Safe Room Phase 1 aimed at sheltering first responders; the council approved the supplemental appropriation.
The Lafourche Parish Council approved an ordinance to add hazard‑mitigation funds from FEMA into the capital budget to start engineering and design for the Airport Road Safe Room Phase 1. Parish President Mitch Oseron described the project as a centralized facility near the airport corridor intended to house first responders — fire, port, and police — during major hurricanes or events. "This is purely to plug in the design numbers," Oseron said, and added the project is in concept with the port participating and site alternatives under consideration.
Oseron said the total project cost is estimated at $7,000,000 and that adding the FEMA funds to the capital budget will allow the parish to move forward on engineering and design. He noted the intent to integrate a fire station and leverage the new airport bridge for logistics. Council members asked about location and ownership; Oseron said designers will finalize siting, and the port owns some nearby property that may be involved. The ordinance passed on a voice vote, 8‑0 with one absence.
The action was to appropriate design funds and does not represent final construction authorization; the council approved inserting the FEMA hazard mitigation allocation into the capital budget so the parish can proceed with design work.
