Falgout Floodgate Plans Move Forward
HOUMA, La. (AP) — Preliminary design is beginning on a long-awaited floodgate that could eventually help to close the Dularge levee system.
Terrebonne Levee District officials voted earlier this month to move forward on a design of the West Dularge floodgate, planned to block off Falgout Canal.
The floodgate is being planned as part of a final push to complete the scaled-down local Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane project system.
The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/N0Vz2G ) getting the project built quickly will depend on whether voters approve a 1/2-cent sales tax proposal set for this year's Dec. 8 ballot. That tax would raise money to finish building the local Morganza project up to 10-feet-tall from Dularge to Pointe-aux-Chenes, pay to build the Dularge floodgate and build a new levee system protecting Bayou Black from hurricane flooding.
___
Information from: The Courier, http://www.houmatoday.com
More From News Talk 96.5 KPEL
![Earthquake Centered Near New York City Rattles Northeast](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2018/07/E4J7DD.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![School Shooting Rocks Perry, Iowa Community on First Day Back from Holiday Break](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2022/03/attachment-Do-Not-Cross-Police-Tape-Photo-courtesy-of-David-Von-Diemar-jM6Y2nhsAtk-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Louisiana Republicans Are in Court to Fight Efforts to Establish New Black Congressional District](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2022/04/attachment-gettyimages-1219410516.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Three Federal Gun Charges Filed After His Plea Deal Collapse](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2021/04/GettyImages-Hunter-Biden.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gaetz Says He Will Seek to Oust McCarthy as Speaker This Week, McCarthy Says ‘Bring It On’](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2023/10/attachment-Getty-Images-Matt-Gaetz.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2023/09/attachment-Dianne-Feinstein-Getty.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New York Judge Rules Donald Trump Defrauded Banks, Insurers While Building Real Estate Empire](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/03/attachment-GettyImages-1330466317.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Donald Trump Described Pentagon Plan of Attack and Shared Classified Map, Indictment Says](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/03/attachment-GettyImages-1330466317.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Jury Finds Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse, Awards Accuser $5M](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2021/06/GettyImages-1304610005.jpg?w=980&q=75)