In response to recent heavy rainfall and rising water levels, Ascension, Livingston & Tangipahoa Parish officials closed all waterways effective September 5, 2024.
Those waterways have now reopened after remaining closed through Hurricane Francine.
The closures started in early September due to the heavy rainfall in additional to what was expected to be another heavy rain event over the days that would follow.
In Ascension Parish, the closure included the Marvin Braud boat way. Ascension closed their waterways at Noon. Livingston Parish followed at 1 p.m. with Tangipahoa Parish officials closing their waterways at 3 p.m.
“This emergency measure, initiated by Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment and Director Rachael Wilkinson of the Ascension Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, prioritizes public safety amid potentially hazardous conditions,” Ascension Parish officials said in a news release.
“The Parish of Livingston has declared that all Livingston Parish waterways are closed
to all recreational traffic effective 1:00pm CST, on 5 September 2024 until further notice due to
rising water levels caused by on-going high winds and rain from a weather system in the northern
Gulf of Mexico,” said Livingston Parish officials in a release.
Those found violating the emergency closure can be ticketed and fined up to $500.
The emergency closure of all waterways comes after coordinating with both parishes’ Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security in Ascension & Livingston.
No details have been provided at this time as to when the closed waterways could re-open.
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