New cemetery faces one last hurdle, neighborhood fears flooding if passed
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BATON ROUGE - A new cemetery on Florida Boulevard is one step closer to being dug. The eight and a half acres for sale in the 14000 block of Florida Boulevard could be the future home of the new Resting Place Funeral Home and Cemetery.
Monday night, it was passed unanimously by the Planning Commission. I m upset about it, he said.
Over the last week, Turner says he went door to door collecting signatures in opposition to the project, which would be built right behind his house. He says two-thirds of the people living on Lafitte Drive signed the petition, and he presented it to the commission and Metro Council members.