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Drainage tax on Dec. 8 ballot
Concordia voters will go to the polls on Dec. 8 to determine whether they support a one-mill property tax to pay for the costs of maintenance, operation and upkeep of the proposed Black River Lake and Brushy Bayou Flood Control structures.
The property tax, if approved, will be levied "in perpetuity and will yield approximately $132,000 annually.
District Conservationist Ben Taunton, an advisor to the Concordia Parish Drainage Committee, which recommended the millage, said the present ring levee system was designed in the 1940s and built in the 1950s at a time when one-fourth of the parish was in cropland and the remaining acreage in woodland or water.
"The drainage was cut off from the four rivers at all outlets but two," he said, resulting in a "very minimum effect on the very southern end of the parish where Cocodrie Bayou ran into the Red River and the major outlet at Wild Cow Bayou, where the pumping station was installed in the 1970s."For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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