East Baton Rouge, LA considers buying 540 acres of empty land to hold rain runoff and prevent floods
East Baton Rouge, LA buying empty land to prevent floods
East Baton Rouge is considering buying empty swamps, fields, and woods to hold rain runoff and prevent floods. The city-parish has pooled $45 million in combined federal hazard mitigation and post-2016 recovery dollars to create retention ponds and preserve 540 acres of floodplain areas.
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Baton Rouge Parish Considers Buying Land as Flood Control
The parish is eyeing a low-lying green patch on Lee Drive between Liberty Magnet High School and St. James Place retirement communities, some 200 acres of lowland swamps along Bayou Duplantier.<br/><br/>
Why does Baton Rouge want to buy empty land? It's about stopping floods. | News | theadvocate.com
East Baton Rouge is considering buying large swaths of empty swamps, fields and woods throughout the parish as a way to hold rain runoff in an effort to prevent floods.
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