Lafayette Residents Question Flood Prevention Plan
The Lafayette Parish Council is giving the green light to retention ponds that Lafayette Consolidated Government says could alleviate flooding on the Vermilion River.
Those proposed retention ponds would be located on Lebesque Road near Scott, on Robley Drive just north of the Vermilion Parish line, and on Homewood Drive in Milton.
Last night, the parish council declared the Lebesque Road and Robley Drive retention ponds “public necessities.” The council introduced an ordinance to declare the Homewood Drive pond a necessity.
While L-C-G says the ponds will prevent major floods, others are skeptical.
“Does it help me or the 500 people downstream of me? Lafayette attorney Tommy Guilbeau asked. No! Does it help the people who came here and complained about it? No! It’s about making money for certain developers, and that’s that.”
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