![]() ![]() With the Lockport Water Control Structure in place, and the Assumption Parish Water Control structure recently completed, the water elevations of Bayou Lafourche can be safely managed without needing the weir in Thibodaux. While it served its original purpose, it not only impeded the flow of water in Bayou Lafourche, but also prevented boat access in Bayou Lafourche which is not only a major impediment to the operations of BLFWD but also a major impediment to the recreational boaters of the bayou region. The embankment and culverts were replaced with a fixed span bridge.įunding Sources: BLFWD and Lafourche Parish Governmentīrief Description: The Thibodaux weir was constructed in 1969 to create a water reservoir for water treatment facilities and sugar mills north of the weir. ![]() ![]() These culverts did not provide the capacity needed for BLFWD to operate its pump station at its current capacity, and furthermore, prevented BLFWD from progressing on its plan to increase the pumping capacity from the Mississippi River from 500 cfs to over 1,000 cfs. Project Name: Union Pacific Bridge Replacementįunding Sources: BLFWD, Union Pacific, and CPRAīrief Description: Previously, the embankment allowed water to flow through it by way of 3 culverts (two 9’ diameter culverts and one 5’ x 6’ box culvert). The increased conveyance capacity will allow for more fresh water to enhance the water quality in the bayou. The project removed vegetation and nearly 800,000 cubic yards of sediment in the 10.9 miles between Belle Rose and Napoleonville. People of the state-recognized Native American Houma Tribe live in both Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.Funding Sources: Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)īrief Description: MRRBL Phase 2 picked up where Phase 1 dredging ended just north of the LA Highway 998 bridge in Belle Rose. Lafourche Parish is part of the Houma-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and their families, killing an estimated 50 persons, and hundreds more were missing, wounded, and presumed dead in one of the deadliest incidents of labor suppression and racial terrorism. After state militia were used to suppress a massive Knights of Labor strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the Thibodaux Massacre. The city buildings have also been featured in television and movies, such as in Fletch Lives, due to its architecture and rich history. Lafourche Parish was named after the Bayou Lafourche. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,318. Lafourche Parish (French: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. Some of the cities, towns, and places in Lafourche Parish are Bayou Blue, Bayou Country Club, Chackbay, Choctaw, Cut Off, Des Allemands, Galliano, Gheens, Golden Meadow, Kraemer, Lafourche Crossing, Larose, Leeville, Lockport, Lockport Heights, Mathews, Port Fourchon, Raceland, Thibodaux ![]()
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