The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Flood Risk Management Study Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment for a 45-day public review and comment period starting Aug. 9, 2024. The draft report recommends a nonstructural plan that involves floodproofing or elevation of nearly 1,100 buildings located within Tangipahoa Parish and the 25-year floodplain. Participation would be voluntary for the owners of the 1,006 residential buildings eligible for elevation and the owners of the 82 nonresidential buildings eligible for floodproofing.
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