Ascension receives Corps authority for additional drainage project
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Source: WBRZ
Crews cut Alligator Bayou Road Friday, May 28, 2021 to help alleviate flooding in Ascension.
ASCENSION PARISH - Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment announced Wednesday that the Parish received authority from the US Army Corps of Engineers to open a new drainage system that will help to drain the Bluff Swamp area in periods of high water.
Currently, water from Bluff Swamp drains through a small culvert under Highway 74 into Morgan Swamp to the south, where it pools.
President Cointment’s proposal, which the Corps officially accepted on June 1, would open a ditch from Morgan Swamp allowing it to drain into New River, and then on to the Marvin Braud Pumping Station.