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A weir is a structure that is put across a waterway to control the flow of water.
In Thibodaux’s case, the weir was built in 1969 because the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District lacked the pumping ability or infrastructure to control the water levels, officials said. The weir created a reservoir for treatment facilities and sugar mills to the north.
Ben Malbrough, the district s executive director, said the weir served its original purpose but later become a hinderance by impeding the flow of water in the bayou and preventing boat access.
The $1 million project began in 2016, and demolition of the weir began in late February. Officials installed an additional water-control structure in Napoleonville to protect the drinking-water-purification facilities in Assumption and Ascension, Malbrough said.
Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District Authorizes Contractor to Begin Weir Demolition
January 9, 2021
The Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District has authorized Sealevel Construction to proceed with the Thibodaux weir removal project. The initial work will take place at the City of Thibodaux’s water treatment facility and will begin in early January. The weir demolition is scheduled to begin in late February and completed by mid-2021. Pedestrian traffic, some bayou-side vehicular parking spaces, boat traffic, and fishing will be restricted around the immediate area during utility relocation, equipment mobilization, and weir demolition. Long-term closure of La Highway 1 is not expected.
As part of the MRRBL (Mississippi River Reintroduction into Bayou Lafourche) series of projects, the removal of the weir plays a critical role in the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District’s ability to pump more fresh water into the Bayou Lafourche to protect our endangered coast due to saltwater intru