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Council plugs FEMA hazard‑mitigation dollars into Airport Road safe‑room design; project estimated at $7 million
Summary
Council approved a supplemental appropriation to use FEMA hazard‑mitigation funds for design/engineering of an Airport Road Safe Room Phase 1 near the new airport corridor; parish president said the concept integrates first‑responder housing and estimated total cost at $7,000,000.
The council voted to add hazard‑mitigation funding—sourced from FEMA and tied to Hurricane Zeta—into the capital budget to fund engineering and design for "Airport Road Safe Room Phase 1," a facility planned near the airport corridor to consolidate emergency responders in South Lafourche. Parish President Mitch Oseron described the concept as housing fire, port, and police responders together and said the port is also participating in the project.
Oseron characterized the appropriation as a step to move the project into the design phase and provided a project estimate: "it's gonna be a $7,000,000 project total." The council approved the ordinance to include the design numbers in the capital budget by an 8–0 vote (1 absent). The council emphasized the appropriation is to fund design work; final construction funding and a precise site remain subject to subsequent planning and design work.
