At last – finally. Congress has approved four years after okaying the funding for a $760 million hurricane protection levee to protect the east bank of St. John the Baptist Parish and parts of neighboring […]
St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes have received an okay for $760 million federal funding needed to build levees that will protect the east bank of both parishes when storms swell the waters […]
St. Charles Parish President Larry Cochran eagerly demonstrated the Willowridge pump station’s high-tech brain, which is remotely controlled by the parish’s Public Works Department. “Our people did this on their own,” said an impressed parish […]
“The GOMESA revenues certainly help the parish in its goal to provide levees and flood protection.” — Carla Chiasson St. Charles Parish could take up to a 60 percent cut on its anticipated share of […]
St. Charles Parish officials are advising residents to avoid using all terrain vehicles (ATVs) near the sites of the West Hurricane Protection Levee after sections were damaged near the Willowdale Pump Station in Luling this week.
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St. Charles Parish officials hope Friday’s aerial tour of the area with Governor’s Executive Assistant for Coastal Activities/CPRA Chairman Johnny Bradberry will translate into needed dollars to complete hurricane protection. […]
As President-elect Donald Trump closes in on his official inauguration, former U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin believes Trump’s ascension to the Oval Office has the potential to be beneficial for both St. Charles Parish and the state, noting there should be plenty of opportunity to get things done in the coming years. […]
Taking questions from a packed St. Charles Parish Council Chamber, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy told Parish President Larry Cochran that he would put greater emphasis on Capitol Hill on the parish’s need to complete a levee system. […]
As part of St. Charles Parish’s outer levee system, work continues on the Willowridge project. […]
In the latest upgrade to St. Charles Parish’s flood protection, the addition of two pumps to the Sunset Pump Station brings to nearly $2 million invested at the location and could bring residents closer to getting FEMA certification for the locally built levees. […]
Minutes after taking the oath of office as parish president, Larry Cochran assured a packed Edward Dufresne Community Center that his efforts will focus on hurricane protection, flood insurance rates, tax revenue, growing the economy and a fiscally responsible government for St. Charles Parish. […]
Construction recently got underway on more than $21 million of levee and pump station projects in St. Charles Parish.
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