Terrebonne fights legal battle over Hollywood Road construction delays
Kezia Setyawan and Dan Copp
The Courier and Daily Comet
Terrebonne Parish government has filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to obtain testimony from two federal employees in a financial dispute involving the Hollywood Road widening project.
Conti Enterprises Inc., a developer based in New Jersey, filed a lawsuit in 2015 in state District Court in Houma. It seeks millions of dollars in damages associated with road delays from Providence, the parish s engineering firm based in Houma; parish government and the state Transportation Department.
Conti claims it is owed more than $2.3 million for direct costs and over $2.2 million for overhead costs incurred for 324 days of delay on the busy Houma road.
The Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center has been renamed after former Parish President Barry Bonvillain, who championed its construction.
The Terrebonne Parish Council voted unanimously Wednesday to name the building the Barry P. Bonvillain Civic Center. The parish will mount a bronze plaque and change the lettering on the building to reflect its new name.
Bonvillain, who died Jan. 2 at age 79, was elected to two four-year terms as parish president, serving from 1992 to 2000. Before that, he served eight years on the Parish Council and five on the Houma Board of Aldermen. He was appointed to the Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority s board in 2018, serving in that role until his death.