Construction of the first phase of a new wetlands education center in Houma should be complete by early fall. Rain has sort of pushed our schedule back, and so we re looking at more of a substantial completion being done in August fingers crossed, said Jonathan Foret, executive director of the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center. If we have weeks and weeks of rain and hurricanes and things like that, then that could back us up a little bit more.
The center, on 2.4 acres at 86 Valhi Blvd, near the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, broke ground in January. At the time, officials had hoped to finish the first phase by the end of May.