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A key part of the effort to control flooding in Terrebonne Parish began operation Thursday. The Petit Caillou Lock Structure in Chauvin includes a 56-foot lock that allows boats to travel along Bayou Little Caillou even when the tide is abnormally high. And its floodgates can be closed during storms or strong Gulf of Mexico tides to prevent water from rushing in and flooding nearby homes and businesses. The structure, near Boudreaux Canal, will also help prevent saltwater from the Gulf from killing vegetation in surrounding freshwater swamps and marshes. Construction, which began in October 2018 and took 515 days to complete, is part of the long-running efforts to help control flooding in Terrebonne, Parish President Gordon Dove said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony hursday. ....
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held for the Petit Caillou Lock Structure January 28, 2021 A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Little Caillou Lock Structure in Chauvin to mark the end of the construction project and introduction of the new lock system in Bayou Petit Caillou. “Terrebonne Parish funded and built this lock system, but it will be operated by the Terrebonne Parish Levee District. I want to thank Reggie Dupre, Tony Alford and all the board members for taking the system over. They are going to operate it as part of the entire system, including the Morganza system. This lock system is not really on the Morganza system, but Terrebonne Bayou and Montegut are actually on the system, so they work hand in hand,” said Parish President Gordon Dove. ....