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February 18, 2019
Protecting our People, Our Property and Our Way of Life
COMMISSIONER SPOTLIGHT:
Jay Pitre
"We are working hard to get the maximum benefit from the money spent. We are residents of this community too, and we are doing this for all of us."

NLLD Joins Governor Edwards on Tour of Morganza Levee System
NLLD Board President Cory Kief and Executive Director Dwayne Bourgeois joined Governor John Bel Edwards and other local and state officials on a flyover tour of levees and floodgates along the Morganza to the Gulf hurricane protection system on February 6.

Bourgeois (pictured right) also had the opportunity to speak with the Governor about levees and drainage projects being built in North Lafourche to reduce the flooding risk for our community, and progress being made on the Lafourche reaches of Morganza to the Gulf.

Also joining the flyover tour were LA Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chair Chip Kline, LA Dept. of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson, Office of Community Development Director Pat Forbes, and representatives of the Terrebonne and South Lafourche Levee Districts.

NLLD Executive Director Dwayne Bourgeois
was the guest speaker at the
Thibodaux Rotary Club's January 22 luncheon.
He gave an update on over $11.6 million in levee
and drainage projects now under construction, and projects valued at $27 million now in design.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT:

Lockport to Larose Reach C4-C5-D1
NLLD is excavating a new forced drainage canal and filling in the existing forced drainage canal (40 Arpent Canal) as part of the Lockport to Larose Hurricane Protection Project.

This will allow NLLD to increase the footprint and height of the adjacent levee, creating a more structurally stable hurricane protection system for this area. Additionally, the new forced drainage canal will provide greater storage capacity within the system while pump systems draw the excess water out of the area.

Excavation of the new canal is expected to be completed by early fall 2019, and the levee upgrades along reaches C4, C5 and D1 should be completed in 2020.
IN THE NEWS
Annual Plan Comments Due March 9

The LA CPRA is accepting public comments on its Draft FY 2020 Annual Plan through Saturday,
March 9.

The draft plan includes $14 million in funding for construction of North Lafourche projects such as Lockport to Mathews Levee Improvements, Bayou Blue-Hollywood Backwater Flood Protection, and Jesse Dufrene Phase 1 Levee. Reach L of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection System in Lafourche Parish is also included in the plan.

NLLD on HTV

NLLD Executive Director
Dwayne Bourgeois will be a guest on HTV's "Going Public"
show on Tuesday, February 26
at 6:45 p.m.

You can view the segment online at https://www.htv10.tv following the live broadcast.

UPCOMING NLLD MEETINGS
TOMORROW
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Location: NLLD Office
3862 Highway 1 in Raceland

4:30 PM (new time)
Finance and Priority Committee

5:15 PM (or immediately following F&P)
Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners



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2018 NLLD Board of Commissioners
Cory Kief, President
Timothy Allen, Vice President
Kenney Matherne, Sec/Treas
Louis Andolsek, Jr.
Rodney Foret
Darcy Kiffe
Adley Peltier
Elmo "Jay" Pitre, III
Robert Pitre
Joni Tuck

Dwayne Bourgeois,
Executive Director

Madonna Viguerie, Administrative Assistant
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.
North Lafourche Levee District
3862 Highway 1, Raceland, LA 70394
(985) 537-2244
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