Gonzalez Weekly Citizen - Newspaper and TV News updates about the Comite River Diversion Canal Project http://www.amitebasin.org 09 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0200 The Ascension Parish Council entered into a no obligation cooperative endeavor agreement with the Town of Sorrento at its regular meeting last week that would allow the town to use certain parish sewer services. Under the agreement, Sorrento will be able to issue work orders to parish approved contractors to clean out sewage lines on an as needed basis. The agreement was requested by Sorrento Mayor Blake LeBlanc in an attempt to relieve the beleaguered town of some of it ongoing http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=13227B5CA3823D90&p_docnum=1&p_theme=gatehouse&s_site=ACAA&p_product=ACAA 27 Feb 2009 Members of the Amite River Basin Commission, state and local elected officials visited the construction site of the Lilly Bayou Control Structure, one of the largest features of the Comite River Diversion Canal Project Feb. 10. http://www.weeklycitizen.com/news/x1362389798/Lilly-Bayou-control-structure-visited 27 Apr 2007 GALVEZ - A flood awareness meeting drew a crowd of more than 50 people at the parish library in Galvez Tuesday night. Lasting more than two hours, the session was hosted by the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District as part of National Flood Awareness Month. Speakers included Parish Drainage Board Director Bill Roux, Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Richard Weber, State of Louisiana FEMA liaison Pam Miller, Patricia Brown Jones with the National https://verify1.newsbank.com/cgi-bin/ncom/ACAA/ec_signin 24 Mar 2008 The Amite River Basin Commission will hold public meetings throughout the month of April, which has been proclaimed as Flood Awareness Month by state government. The mission of the meetings is to inform the general public about ways and activities to help minimize flood damages, as well as to provide information about services, programs and assistance provided by federal, state and local governments and institutions. The Ascension Parish meeting will take place Tuesday, April https://https://verify1.newsbank.com/cgi-bin/ncom/ACAA/ec_signin