Council Preview: Bars to close at midnight on Mardi Gras day?
LCG will consider shutting down alcohol sales at midnight on Mardi Gras day.
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Dredge the Vermilion
Dredging the Vermilion comes full circle — as a navigation project
The $50 million announced last month took pretty much everyone by surprise — even the Corps of Engineers. If the Corps dredges the river, it will be for navigation, not reducing floods.
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Don’t panic: There is no flooding ‘silver bullet’
Researchers and engineers generally agree that solving Lafayette’s flooding problem will take a comprehensive approach.
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UL’s watershed center engaged to complete Vermilion River dredging study; report expected in January
The gist: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has contracted UL’s Watershed Flood Center to model the effect of dredging the Vermilion River. This would complete a long-awaited study — at one time expected to be finished at year’s end — that will determine the benefits and risks of digging out years of accumulated mud […]
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Acadiana residents and leaders frustrated by slow launch of state watershed initiative
The gist: Three years since its conception in the wake of the 2016 floods, the Louisiana Watershed Initiative has begun to take shape at a speed that is frustrating flood victims, advocates and local officials. Billed as an apolitical approach to tackling the state’s flood risk, the program has a steep hill to climb above […]
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Council readies to dredge the Vermilion, but waits for the Corps of Engineers
The gist: A resolution adopted unanimously by the City-Parish Council Tuesday formally urges action on dredging the Vermilion River. Council members and dredging advocates are now targeting funding and political help while the Army Corps of Engineers completes a dredging study.
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To dredge or not to dredge: Officials, engineers and advocates debate it while Lafayette residents demand it
The gist: Dredging the Vermilion is becoming a political movement in Lafayette, driven by the trauma of repeat flooding events since the catastrophic no-name floods of August 2016. Studies continue as engineers and public officials debate the efficacy of digging out the bayou.
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