CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF VERSION OF MAP Note: The Army Corps of Engineers requested that the contracted work be broken down and submitted to them for approval in a total of 9 work packages. LGS has continued to work on Work Package #2. This includes an area in the southern portion of the city, covering Draughan Creek from Greenwell Springs Road (south) to just south of Chervil Drive and 17 known debris sites. LGS is also encountering and removing debris between sites. As of Fr

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF VERSION OF MAP Note: The Army Corps of Engineers requested that the contracted work be broken down and submitted to them for approval in a total of 9 work packages. LGS is currently working on Work Package #2. This includes an area in the southern portion of the city, covering Draughan Creek from Greenwell Springs Road (south) to just south of Chervil Drive and 17 known debris sites. LGS is also encountering and removing debris between sites. Nine of th

The City of Central Budget Committee will meet on Thursday, August 17, 2017, 12:00 p.m. (noon), Central City Hall, 13421 Hooper Road, Suite 9, Central, LA 70818 to discuss the following instrument: An ordinance to amend the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year Budget to appropriate funds for additional cost of police units for the Police Department and to provide for related matters. (By Council Member Evans)

The City of Central received an official update this morning on the drainage work being completed. Now that the work is fully underway, a reporting system is in place and we expect to have progress updates to post each Monday. The Army Corps of Engineers requested that the contracted work be broken down and submitted to them for approval in a total of 9 work packages. Since work began on 8/1/2017, Work Package #1 ( Saunders Bayou near Greenwell Springs Port Hudson Rd and Blac

At their August 8 meeting, the city council unanimously approved a six-month extension of an ordinance that waived Section 16.2 H.6. of the Comprehensive Zoning Code for people affected by the August 2016 flood, and allows them to live inside recreational vehicles. That section prohibited recreational vehicles for being "used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes in any zoning district, unless within a regulated recreational vehicle park" and from being parked "in th

Work has now begun to clean canals and off-road ditches to improve Central's Drainage system. Looks Great Services of Columbia, MS now has equipment in the water removing debris and vegetation after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on the project as not needing a permit. The $4 million dollar project includes cleaning some of the most obstructed areas from the August 2016 flood. CSRS (an engineering firm contracted by the city to oversee the FEMA reimbursement proc