Gabriel Mayor Lionel Johnson, officials from Baton Rouge, and several other drainage leaders from the region. Graves joined together with Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment, Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso, City of St. On July 7, 2021, Graves convened stakeholders to discuss regional solutions in the Bayou Manchac Watershed. This is the first step of many resulting from our July 7th meeting,” Graves said. From the projects in the Capital Region, the West Shore project and the Morganza Project, to the Comite Diversion, Five-Bayous Projects or efforts around the Amite River and Bayou Manchac – these will all help provide better protection and lower risk.
We are continuing to gather stakeholders and fund projects across south Louisiana to build more resilient communities. Rather than fighting over who floods, we’ve made it clear that our goal is to get the water out so no one floods. “The 2016 Flood, the May rain bomb this year, Hurricane Ida and other disasters prove that destruction doesn’t stop at a parish line and that regional flood protection requires a regional solution.
The plan will be introduced to the Baton Rouge Metro Council today. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) issued the following statement after East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment announced their recommendation to improve drainage along Bayou Manchac at the border of the two parishes.