STORM PREP UPDATE: Preparations for Tropical Storm Francine should be completed tonight. Francine is expected to make landfall tomorrow evening. Please review all information available below. Finalize your Storm Plan and finish removing debris and yard items from around your home. Stay safe and keep following our Social Media pages and website for updates. If you haven’t already please sign up for our Emergency Alerts System https://member.everbridge.net/306355722256493/new.
EVACUATIONS (Beginning now):
• MANDATORY: residents in FEMA/State Housing and south of Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow including Port Fourchon.
• VOLUNTARY: lower Bayou Blue, Eagle Island Road, residents in mobile homes and low lying areas, and anyone feeling vulnerable
SHELTER (Open now):
• Lockport Community Center - 5610 Highway 1. Please remember to bring at least two days’ worth of food, water, medicine and bedding. Also remember to bring your charging banks and charging cables for portable electronic devices.
CLOSURES:
• Lafourche Parish Government Offices are closed Wednesday and Thursday
• Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office administrative offices are closed and will remain closed until further notice. There will be an increased presence of deputies patrolling the parish.
• Lafourche Parish District Attorney's Office, Clerk of Court Office, and the 17th Judicial District Court are closed through Thursday, Sept. 12.
• All Lafourche Parish Public Schools are closed Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12.
• All Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Catholic Schools are closed Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12
• Nicholls State University will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12. All classes scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday and all other campus events are canceled. Campus will reopen on Friday, with classes offered remotely.
• Fletcher Technical Community College campuses will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12.
• Lafourche Parish Head Start will be closed Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 11-13.
• Louisiana's Cajun Bayou Tourism office will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12.
• Lafourche Parish Water District #1 office will be closed Wednesday, Sept. 11.
• Lafourche Parish Assessor's Office is available by phone during business hours but unavailable for walk-ins through Wednesday, Sept. 11. Call (985) 447-7242 or go to www.LPAO.net.
ROAD CLOSURES:
• Canal Street in Lockport is CLOSED under the Company Canal Bridge
• Go to 511la.org for all state road closures.
TRASH PICKUP:
• Due to the projected path of Francine, River Birch will not be running any residential garbage routes on Wednesday September 11th. Please continue to monitor our Facebook page and website for further updates concerning collection services for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for this week.
SANDBAGS:
• Self-fill Locations (bring a shovel): Remaining open until weather conditions are not safe.
o Thibodaux Field Office: 2565 Veterans Blvd.
o Manchester Manor: End of street, Thibodaux
o Bayou Country Club: End of Fairway Drive, Thibodaux
o Chackbay Fair Grounds: Hwy 304
o Choctaw Field Office: 122 Choctaw Barn Road
o Bayou Boeuf Bridge: Hwy 307
o Des Allemands Bridge: intersection of Bridge Road and Bayou Road
o Bayou Blue Recreation Grounds: Hwy 316 South of Hwy 182
o Raceland Ag Grounds Parking Lot: Texas Street
o Lockport Field Office: 6236 Hwy 308
o Lafourche Fire District #3 Central Station: 17462 West Main, Galliano
o Oak Ridge Community Park: Golden Meadow
• Elderly/Disabled Pickup (25 bags): Open until 7PM tonight and will reopen at 6AM on Wednesday, September 11th until weather conditions are not safe.
o Thibodaux Field Office: 2565 Veterans Blvd.
o Choctaw Field Office: 122 Choctaw Barn Road
o Raceland Field Office: 129 Texas Street
o Bayou Blue Field Office: 104 Myrtle Drive
o Lockport Field Office: 6236 Highway 308
o Cut Off Field Office: 128 West 97th Street
