Construction on a new, 75,000-gallon water tower on Oak Street near Railroad Avenue in
Morgan City is moving forward. The metal “leaves” composing the tank atop the tower now
are being hoisted into place. The tower, which will hold three times as much water as the
previous tower at the same site, is expected to increase water pressure throughout the city,
therefore enhancing firefighting efforts and water capacity during future storm threats or
extended power outages. City consulting engineer Oscar Boudreaux of Environmental Engineers
Consultants in LaPlace said the project is expected to be complete by year’s end. |
Current News Headlines
1 Public golf course finances still short 2010-09-09 Atchafalaya Golf Course at Idlewild is facing a
$325,000 cash shortfall at the end of its current
fiscal year this month.
Rudy Sparks, parish Golf Course Commission
chairman, told the St. Mary Par... (Read More) 2 Tax collections locally were strong in August 2010-09-09 In defiance of national recessionary
trends, sales tax collections in St. Mary
Parish remain strong, tallying $3 million in
August compared with $2.8 million the same
month in 2009.
According to ... (Read More) 3 Shoplifters busted 2010-09-09 Shoplifting charges have
been filed in separate incidents
at Wal-Mart and Burke’s Outlet
Store, both in Bayou Vista.
In the first, Albert T. Hebert,
46, of Gus Street in Berwick
was arrested Wed... (Read More)
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