St. Charles Parish will receive nearly $4 million in grant funding to complete draining, flooding mitigation, wastewater and recreation projects on East and West banks.
Two FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants totaling more than $1.5 million will help the parish tackle drainage and flooding mitigation.
The first project, estimated at just over $1 million, will upgrade capacity of the Sunset Pump Station in Bayou Gauche by 120 cubic feet of water per second through the installation of two additional pumps, bringing total capacity of the station to 710 cubic feet per second.
The second project will complete the elevation of nine houses – one in Destrehan and eight in St. Rose – that have experienced repetitive flood losses through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Homeowners will pay a collective $328,403 share combined with FEMA’s award of $985,208. Homes that qualify for this program are identified through the NFIP and contacted by the parish as grant funding becomes available.
Another $199,939 grant will cover installing generators at three existing drainage pump stations and a new pump station on the West Bank. The Oak Street Pump Station, Fourth Street Pump Station and Paradis Pump Station – plus the new Mimosa Pump Station – will be outfitted with generators utilizing remaining federal funding from another FEMA – Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) project. These generators will ensure continued operation of the electric pumps even if power is interrupted.
The Primrose Canal road crossings improvement project, underway in Luling, also received additional FEMA – GOHSEP funding of $444,912.
Aluminum arch culverts are being installed at Monsanto Avenue, River Oaks Avenue, Oak Lane, Diane Drive and Lagattuta Boulevard at a cost of nearly $2 million of which $1. 6 million is now grant funded.
Wastewater infrastructure improvements are planned with a $731,255 fiscal year 2014 Louisiana Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as well as a $68,745 Environmental Protection Agency grant. Currently, sewage from the Killona lift station and LA 3127 booster lift station intersect and enter into a single force main to the Hahnville treatment plant.
The project will install a new, separate sewer force main for the Killona flows parallel to the existing force main near the intersection site and extending into the Hahnville plant.
The separate line will eliminate pressure placed on the Killona Lift station, decreasing the occurrence of sewer backups in the area. The HUD grant is being distributed through the Louisiana Office of Community Development. The parish’s contribution to the estimated $900,000 project will total $96,940.
Lastly, the parish’s multi-use Mississippi River levee paths are slated for completion on both sides of the river using funding provided through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development’s Transportation Alternatives Program.
On the West Bank, Phase IV will extend from Elm Street in Hahnville to LA 3142 in Taft, and Phase V will continue to the St. Charles – St. John parish line in Killona. On the East Bank, the remaining phase through Montz to the St. John Parish line is expected to be advertised for bids in the fourth quarter of 2015, with construction following.
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