Comite River Diversion Channel | Louisiana

Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

There’s often too much water in the 1,250-square-mile Amite River Basin—a common enough problem in Louisiana as any homeowner can attest. But in this case, the Corps of Engineers is about to do something about it. It has recently kicked off a $163 million project that will divert floodwaters from the Amite to the Mississippi River through a 12-mile diversion channel. The Corps is working in tandem with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge, and the Amite River Basin Commission on the project.

The Corps turned to ABMB to do the kind of civil work that the firm excels in. We are putting in a riser pipe and two low drop structures that will help manage the flow of local bayous into the diversion channel before the floodwaters enter the river. “The Corps knows our work, and they know that we’ll get the job done with a minimum of fuss” notes Dennis Passman, the project manager in our Civil Works division. “As the project develops, we hope to be called on for additional tasks.”

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