LOCKPORT, La. - Bollinger Shipyards delivered an 84-foot Bayou Teche flood gate to the St. Mary Parish Levee District. The steel flood gate is designed for a 25-year rain event and to provide flood risk reduction for a 10-foot storm surge. New flood structure will help mitigate heavy rain and storm surge flooding in St. Mary Parish. The Bollinger-built gate is the heart of the Bayou Teche Flood Control Structure project announced in January. The structure is designed to reduce the risk of a heavy rain event and hurricane storm surge flooding when water comes through the Charenton Canal into Bayou Teche. It is the first of two projects Bollinger is contracted to build for the levee district and the fifth overall flood control structure built by Bollinger Shipyards. (Source: Bollinger 11/23/20)
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