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Cassidy examines Port of Morgan City's new dredger dredgingtoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dredgingtoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cassidy visits Port of Morgan City, examines new dredge and Bayou Chene floodgate Cassidy s Office and last updated 2021-06-03 16:21:26-04 ST. MARY PARISH, La. â U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) on Thursday visited the Port of Morgan City. While there, he toured the Bayou Chene Floodgate Project and viewed the port s new dredge. The Bayou Chene Floodgate Project is a local solution to protect against flooding, said Dr. Cassidy. Good for us all that the St. Mary Parish Levee District and Port of Morgan City got this done. The Bayou Chene Floodgate Project received $80 million from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA), of which Cassidy has been a major champion. According to the St. Mary Levee District, the project is under budget and on time, and will protect hundreds of thousands in south Louisiana from backwater flooding due to riverine flooding. ....
Construction underway on Bayou Chene floodgate Courtesy of Tim Matte and last updated 2021-01-28 11:09:26-05 Construction is well underway on a permanent floodgate on Bayou Chene below Morgan City. District 21 State Senator Bret Allain (R-Franklin), a longtime proponent and advocate for the project, tells us he s pleased to see the progress that has been made thus far. âI am thrilled to see this project coming to life,â Allain said. âFor decades, we have fought to provide protection for the residents and businesses of six parishes. It was a long road, but we are finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.â ....
$75 million Bayou Chene flood structure to protect six parishes theadvocate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theadvocate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 15, 2020 By Waterways Journal Bollinger Shipyards, with operations scattered throughout south Louisiana, has delivered a steel flood gate, measuring 84 feet long, 40 feet wide and 19 feet high, to the St. Mary Parish Levee District. The flood gate, built at Bollinger’s shipyard in Amelia, La., is an integral part of the Bayou Teche Flood Control Structure. Levee district personnel broke ground on the structure in January 2020. The flood gate and related structure is designed to provide flood risk reduction during a 25-year rain event and a 10-foot storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico. “Bollinger is proud to play a role in helping to protect the homes, businesses and communities along Bayou Teche,” Bollinger President and CEO Ben Bordelon said. “After what has been a particularly tough 2020 storm season for south Louisiana, it’s important to get projects like this completed before next ....