ST. CHARLES PARISH PUBLIC WORKS RELEASES LONG-RANGE PLAN
List of drainage, wastewater, road improvements to be prioritized

For immediate release May 7, 2008

HAHNVILLE – St. Charles Parish Public Works Director Sam Scholle presented a comprehensive list of needed infrastructure projects to members of the Operations Maintenance and Construction Management Committee Monday night.

Critical projects include fixing gaps in the levee protecting Boutte’s Magnolia Ridge, completing repair work at the East Bank wastewater treatment plant and upgrading a sewage lift station at Laurel Court and Beaupre Drive in Luling.

Scholle and his staff interviewed both residents and Public Works employees to come up with the detailed list, which serves as the department’s long-range plan.

“These people are intimately familiar with the problems we have on a street-by-street basis,” Scholle said. “We compiled that information with what we already knew. This is just a snapshot of the fundamentals we’re facing out there.”

The list also includes projects slated for the town of Montz included in a 2005 drainage study. Each project is accompanied by a cost estimate, totaling $157 million.

The committee is made up of five St. Charles Parish Council members – Terry Authement, Carolyn Schexnaydre, Billy Raymond Sr., Shelley Tastet and Paul Hogan. Scholle asked them to add projects to the list based on the needs of residents in their respective districts. With appropriate funding, projects marked with a number one are hoped to be completed within the next two years.

“We’re going to have to make some hard decisions about which projects will be getting done,” Parish President V.J. St. Pierre said. “But we now know the scope of what needs to be accomplished.”

The mission of St. Charles Parish government is to provide high quality, efficient services to sustain and enhance the quality of life for all residents of St. Charles Parish.

For more information, contact St. Charles Parish Public Information Officer Renee C. Allemand at (985) 783-5000 or rallemand@stcharlesgov.net.