For Immediate Release, Monday, June 26, 2006

Progress Report – Canal Cleaning 

            St. Tammany Parish is cleaning sixteen canal and bayou areas across southern St. Tammany Parish with assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  Work is underway in the Highway 11 canal, the Eden Isles canals, Grand Lagoon, Lakeshore Community Levee, Carr Drive/Northshore Beach and Oak Harbor. 

            As of June 21, CDM, the company managing the waterway clean up process for St. Tammany Parish, reported the following progress: 

Totals by Location

Highway 11

Eden Isles/Oak Harbor

Grand Lagoon

Lakeshore Comm. Levee

Various Canals

Total Cubic Yards  Debris Removed

4,537

15,678

6,752

1,913

3,607

Vessels removed

9

46

-

11

18

Vehicles removed

 

52

 

-

3

White goods removed

 

217

109

-

59

Estimated Percent Complete

100%

70%

95%

75%

30%

 

            As work is completed in each area, work crews will move to other canal areas.  For a full list of waterways being cleaned, visit the St. Tammany Parish homepage at www.stpgov.org.