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BENTON – The Bossier Parish Police Jury on Wednesday declared “a threat to public safety and welfare” from erosion of land on Red River near Plain Dealing that threatens to close Louisiana Highway 537 and wash out a new million-dollar bridge.
Residents, landowners and farmers in the Wardview Bottoms area west of Plain Dealing appealed to the jury to support their efforts to secure federal action to stop erosion in a deep curve of the river near the highway.
District 4 Juror John Ed Jorden of Benton, representing the Save 537 Coalition, persuaded the jury to adopt a resolution declaring the need for action, and asked for $25,000 to support an engineering analysis to identify possible solutions.
But a group of Bossier Parish residents have mounted a campaign to stop it in its tracks.Â
The Save 537 Coalition, made up of residents, landowners and farmers in the Wardview Bottoms area west of Plain Dealing, made a pitch to the Bossier Parish Police Jury Wednesday for support and to secure funding to stop erosion in a deep curve of the Red River near state Highway 537.Â
Google Earth view of the big bend in the Red River at Wardview Bottoms that shows the proximity of the main channel to Highway 537 and the bridge over Ditch No. 1.
District 4 Juror John Ed Jorden of Benton, representing the Save 537 Coalition, persuaded the jury to adopt a resolution declaring the need for action, and asked for $25,000 to support an engineering analysis to identify possible solutions.