Protecting Our People, Our Property
and Our Way of Life
May 15,  2017
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Upcoming NLLD Meetings
 
TOMORROW
Tuesday, 
May 16, 2017
 

NLLD Office
3862 Highway 1  Raceland

5:00 pm
Finance & Priority Committee Meeting


 
5:15 pm or immediately following F & P Committee
Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners



   
2017 NLLD
Board of Commissioners 


Cory Kief,
President
Timothy Allen,
Vice President

Kenney Matherne,
Secretary/Treasurer

Louis Andolsek, Jr. 

Rodney Foret

Darcy Kiffe

Adley Peltier

Elmo Pitre, III

Robert Pitre

Shawn Preston, Sr. 

Joni Tuck

 

 

Dwayne Bourgeois,
Executive Director

Madonna Viguerie,
Administrative Assistant

Thank you for your leadership and service!
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About the NLLD  
The North Lafourche Conservation, Levee, and Drainage District (known as NLLD) was formed in 1992 to provide drainage and flood protection services for the northern portion of Lafourche Parish, including the entire parish north of the Intracoastal Canal. 

The District includes over 250 miles of levees and drainage canals, and over 40 pump stations.

The NLLD office is located at 3862 Highway 1
Raceland, LA  70394

Phone:  985-537-2244
South Thibodaux Drainage Project Is Underway


Work began April 24 on an NLLD project to improve drainage in the City of Thibodaux. 

Byron E Talbot Contractors is performing the work on the South Thibodaux Drainage Project, which includes creating a new subsurface drainage outfall from Tetreau Street to Martin Luther King Park. Water will then empty into St. Louis Canal.  

The increased size of the collection system and the new outfall canal will allow East 7th Street and other streets to drain faster. 

The South Thibodaux Drainage Project should be finished in September.


Lockport to Larose Levee Raised to 7.5 Feet



The NLLD recently completed a project to raise Reach D2 of the Lockport to Larose Levee to a height of 7.5 feet, providing increased flood protection for residents in the area. 

The mile-long elevated levee section runs parallel to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Private Arceneaux Pump Station east to the Larose Pump Station.  

The cost of the project was $1 million, less than the $1.2 million budgeted, and was jointly funded by the LA Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and NLLD. The NLLD will use the remaining funds toward raising the height of the next section of the Lockport to Larose Levee, called D3.

"We basically have taken a levee that was in a very unstable configuration with v arying heights in elevation and brought it to a very stable configuration with a consistent height that was considerably higher than the previous average," NLLD Executive Director Dwayne Bourgeois told the  Daily Comet.

Read more - Larose Levee Raised to Provide Increased Flood Protection, DailyComet.com, April 24, 2017


NLLD President Cory Kief Addresses State Levee Boards Association

ALBL President Cory Kief addressed members in May.
NLLD Board of Commissioners President Cory Kief was installed as 2017 President of the Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana in December, and addressed the group during its annual meeting in early May.  

In addition, NLLD Executive Director Dwayne Bourgeois serves as chairman of the association's Flood Map Committee this year, a pivotal role considering the levee district's extensive work on national flood insurance and flood mapping issues in recent years.

Members of the ALBL include representatives of the 23 Louisiana levee boards, and the group is focused on coordinating efforts to prevent flooding and protect lives and property throughout the state.


      

Governor and Legislators Praise Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan

On May 2, marked as "Coastal Day at the Legislature," Governor John Bel Edwards and members of the LA Senate and House of Representatives acknowledged the state's coastal accomplishments since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and outlined additional measures to complete coastal projects more quickly and with less red tape.  

The Governor asked for support of the Coastal Master Plan and urged officials to ensure that dollars dedicated to coastal restoration and protection projects are spent only on coastal restoration and protection  projects.  

"This is an exciting time, this is an opportunity for us to get it right, and to be the best in the country and in the world when it comes to managing water," Governor Edwards said.






 
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