City-parish looking to spend millions in COVID relief on drainage work

Nearly a month after the capital region saw widespread flooding following heavy rains, the city-parish is planning to use some of its first tranche of COVID-19 relief money from the American Rescue Plan on drainage work.

“These are projects that can move right away,” Chief Administrative Officer Darryl Gissel said. “We don’t have to get huge approval from the Army Corps of Engineers or environmental clearance.”