EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH - The catastrophic flood of 2016 showed local drainage problems in the capital area. In response, the City-Parish has made a big investment in clearing out the parish waterways. Significant progress has been made up to today.
More than 7,800 tons of debris was removed over the past six months in the cleanup of the Comite River in East Baton Rouge Parish, a project that was completed
East Baton Rouge leaders say the city-parish has finished a long overdue project aimed at cleaning up the Comite River, an effort they hope will improve drainage and mitigate flooding within the parish.
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