For Immediate Release, Thursday, November 2, 2006

 

DRAINAGE WAY CLEANUP UPDATE 

            Updates to the drainage way cleanup done in St. Tammany Parish by the Natural Resources Conservation Service are as follows:   

Highway 190 Drains                                                                 75% complete
Smith, Rattlesnake, Beth, Charitat                                             98% complete
Various Channels, Waguespack, 1^st Ave., Robins                     20% complete
Ozone Branch, River Glen, Pellegrin, Mele, Poole                     50% complete
Bayou Paquet Reach, Sections 1 & 2                                        45% complete
Tantella Creek, Long Branch                                                    50% overall-additional mod.
W-14 Main Drain, Bayou Patasat North/South Forks               35% complete
Lacombe Bayou Reaches, Sections 1 & 2                                 50% complete
La Tice Branch Reach, Sections 1 & 2                                      77.5% complete
Cherokee Creek, MLK, Stone, Edwards, Simson’s Bran          Starting 10/30/06
Meadows Blvd, Pleasant Dr.                                                    Starting 10/30/06
Bayou LaCoquille, East & West Branches                                Starting 10/30/06
Mandeville Reaches, Sections 5, 7, 8 & 11                               Starting 10/30/06
Denninger Canal, Bayou Chinchuba                                          Site Showing 11/2/06 

Bids for the West Pearl River cleanup will open Friday, November 3, 2006. 

 

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