SORRENTO A parish project to replace an aging drainage culvert under Main Street in Sorrento is set to begin Tuesday, depending on the weather. <\/p>\n
But with the tropical activity in the Gulf, the project will be taken on a day-by-day basis, Sorrento Mayor Mike Lambertsaid. <\/p>\n
\"We're not going to take one of our main (street) arteries out\" in the face of possible severe weather, Lambert said.\"We'll monitor the progress of the storm and see what happens.\" <\/p>\n
Once the project begins, the work at the Main Street\/Lee Street intersection is expected to take six weeks to complete, he said. <\/p>\n
The old culvert will be replaced with a big box culvert to improve drainage, saidMartin McConnell, public information officer with Ascension Parish government. <\/p>\n
The work in Sorrento is part of an initiative to gradually replace old culverts \"all over the parish,\" McConnell said. <\/p>\n
All residents in East Ascension pay a half-cent sales tax for drainage. Parish government handles most drainage problems inside and outside the corporate limits of the east bank's municipalities. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the parish is expected to be mobilizing equipment and putting materials in place at the site, the mayor said. <\/p>\n
The project was scheduled for the summer, so it wouldn't interfere with school buses, he said. <\/p>\n
If the weather doesn't impede the culvert project this week, drivers in Sorrento should expect to detour on John LeBlanc Boulevard. Lambert said small-vehicle, local traffic can also detour from Railroad Street to Braud Street. <\/p>\n
Other drainage culverts crossing under Main Street are also due to be replaced in the future, Lambert said. <\/p>\n
\"This is a maintenance project, being proactive,\" Lambert said of the parish's drainage work. <\/p>\n
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