FRANKLIN - Construction on the Franklin Canal flood protection system is projected to begin in June of 2010.
Reid Miller of Miller Engineers & Associates in Franklin gave the Franklin City Council the good news Tuesday.
Miller said the $3.37 million project will feature a sheet pile levee that will connect both sides of the waterway, and the Yokely Canal. There will be a 40 foot navigational opening with a swing barge, that will be closed before a hurricane approaches the St. Mary Parish coast.
Miller said once construction begins, it should take about six months to be completed.
In September of 2008, the lack of flood gate over the Franklin Canal to keep away rising tides from the Gulf of Mexico, caused more than 1,000 homes in St. Mary Parish to take in water from Hurricane Ike’s surge along the St. Mary Parish coast. The impacted area stretched east to Garden City.
In other news, the Franklin City Council will receive bids on Jan 14 of 2010 to begin a $2.8 million project to replace its aged and fledgling water tank and system.
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