DAWSON CREEK
BRIDGE-WORK UPDATE
BY BRITTANY WEISS SHINGLETON
RAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS WILL SOON BE
happening along Dawson Creek, but the
City-Parish assures parade-goers that it won’t
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affect the parade route.
In fall 2019, the City-Parish heard back from FEMA
regarding a Hazard Mitigation Grant that would pay for
improvements to Dawson Creek. The grant will go toward
swapping out culverts under Broussard Street and Hundred
Oaks Avenue for bridges to improve the concrete-lined section
from Hundred Oaks Avenue to S. Acadian Thruway.
To make the improvements, the roads would need to close.
For years, The Wearin’ of the Green Parade has proudly
rolled down Hundred Oaks Avenue and wrapped through the
neighborhood. While the City-Parish is hoping to get the initial phase of
the plans started in February 2020, the construction likely won’t begin until
2021. Transportation and Drainage Director Fred Raiford assures the community,
the parade route will not be affected.
“I’ll issue that permit in a New York second,” said Raiford. “We’re not going to mess up the parade.”
The City-Parish will put up a 25 percent match to the $4.5 million grant and it hopes the Community Block Grant funds will be
allocated in January 2020. Once that funding is secured the work will get underway.
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