Louisiana Gov. Edwards Cuts Ribbon on New Floodgate in Terrebonne Parish, Another Link in the Morganza to the Gulf Levee System
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 19 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news:
Gov. John Bel Edwards, along with local and state officials, today cut the ribbon on the Falgout Canal "Jimmy Dagate" floodgate in Terrebonne Parish, a $36.5 million project completing another link in the Morganza to the Gulf levee system. The steel 18-foot high barge-type swing gate and its adjoining floodwalls will tie in to earthen levees on either side of the canal, closin . . .
Gov. John Bel Edwards, along with local and state officials, today cut the ribbon on the Falgout Canal "Jimmy Dagate" floodgate in Terrebonne Parish, a $36.5 million project completing another link in the Morganza to the Gulf levee system. The steel 18-foot high barge-type swing gate and its adjoining floodwalls will tie in to earthen levees on either side of the canal, closin . . .