January 25, 2020
Protecting our People, Our Property and Our Way of Life
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NLLD Board of Commissioners
Meets Tomorrow - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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The North Lafourche Conservation, Levee
and Drainage District will hold its regular monthly meetings tomorrow,
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at the
NLLD Office in Raceland.
NLLD Meetings TOMORROW
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
5:15 pm
Finance and Priority Committee
5:30 pm (or immediately following committee meeting)
NLLD Board of Commissioners
Location:
NLLD Office, 3862 Highway 1, Raceland, LA 70394
Every individual shall wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when entering the building and social distancing measures will be implemented.
We ask everyone to comply with the guidelines from the governor’s recent proclamation, No 7-JBE-2021, regarding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
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Federal Funding Secured
for Morganza to the Gulf
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The Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection Project will receive $12.46 million in New Start Construction funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) this year, marking the first federal investment in construction of the critical levee, lock and floodgate project in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes.
"This has been such a team effort and such welcomed news," said NLLD Executive Director Dwayne Bourgeois, who worked with Louisiana's Congressional delegation and other federal, state and local leaders to secure the project's New Start eligibility in federal legislation and funding in the USACE's annual work plan.
"We have worked diligently with the Corps at all levels and the LA CPRA to come up with innovative solutions to rethink the cost of this project. This was based on real-word experience learned from the tremendous work done by the Terrebonne Levee District, Terrebonne Parish and the State. With that ready to go, our DC Delegation worked tirelessly to get the appropriations language correct to suit our project. They made it their number one priority and they got it done," Bourgeois said.
For years, Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish residents have taxed themselves to fund construction of local levee and flood protection projects. Over $1 billion in local and state funds, in fact, have been committed to the Morganza project to date as the NLLD, Terrebonne Conservation and Levee District, and South Lafourche Levee District work to build the first lifts of the 98-mile system.
The $12.46 million from USACE this year is allocated for the Humble Canal Floodgate and is just the beginning of what local leaders hope to be continued federal investment to construct the project to 100-year storm protection levels by 2035. A completed Morganza system will protect over 250,000 area residents and valuable coastal wetlands, reduce flood insurance premiums, and sustain the economic and cultural assets of our precious coastal communities.
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Every individual attending NLLD meetings in person shall wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when entering the building and social distancing measures will be implemented.
We ask everyone to comply with the guidelines from the governor’s recent proclamation, No 7-JBE-2021, regarding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
THANK YOU!
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TOMORROW
Tuesday, January 26, 2020
NLLD Office, 3862 LA 1, Racleland
5:15 PM
Finance and Priority Committee
5:30 PM (or immediately following committee meeting)
Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners
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2021 Board of Commissioners
Cory Kief, President
Timothy Allen, Vice President
Kenney Matherne, Sec/Treas
Louis Andolsek, Jr.
Rodney Foret
Percy Gasery, Jr.
Darcy Kiffe
Adley Peltier
Elmo "Jay" Pitre, III
Robert Pitre
Susan Testroet-Bergeron
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Contact us by e-mail
Staff:
Board President:
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Who We Are:
Dwayne Bourgeois
Executive Director
Katie DeRoche
Executive Assistant
Madonna Viguerie
Administrative Assistant
Arthur Ostheimer
Project Manager
Glenn Bourgeois
Field Coordinator
Peggy Boudwin
Office Assistant
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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.
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