Statewide listening tour is headed to Gray
14 Oct 2018
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State and local emergency officials will gather later this month in Gray as part of an initiative to improve Louisiana’s ability to respond to floods.
A program called the Louisiana Watershed Initiative is leading an eight-stop statewide listening tour to gather input from planning officials and local leaders on ways to make flood-prone communities like Terrebonne and Lafourche more resilient.
The eight-stop tour includes an all-day meeting that starts at 9 a.m. Oct. 23 at the South Central Planning and Development Commission’s offices, 5058 West Main St. The gathering is geared to emergency-response, government and planning officials but is open to the public.
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The first statewide Watershed Initiative Tour is officially underway.
Representatives with the state office of Homeland Security started their tour at the Cajundome to discuss flooding issues.
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