High water closes Ascension’s Alligator Bayou Road

PRAIRIEVILLE — High water remaining in Ascension Parish from the heavy rainfall that fell in Louisiana starting two weeks ago will close Alligator Bayou Road until further notice.

Officials with the parish’s East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 announced Tuesday that the road will be closed at the Frog Bayou Lock at 7 a.m. Friday.

Drainage Department crews will be installing and operating three pumps on the Ascension Parish side of Alligator Bayou Road to help drain the Bluff Swamp area into Bayou Manchac, parish officials said in a news release. The pumps will be located near the Frog Bayou Lock. The increased water level in the basin was due to heavy rains experienced during the last two weeks.

Officials said the work would take approximately two weeks to complete, but the closure will remain in effect until the water in the Bluff Swamp basin lowers to a safe level.

Comments

1) Comment by InPVille - 22/01/2013

I drove down Alligator Bayou Road yesterday. It was fine. Either the water is still backing up or it could be another road such as Ridge Road. There were sand bags on several places on the bayou side of Manchac Road. But the water level was down. The water level in the Spanish Lake basin is high. Much of the land around the Alligator Bayou Launch area is underwater.

2) Comment by Woody - 22/01/2013

i thought they drained the swamp when the put the alligator bayou people out of business?