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Lafayette Comprehensive Master Plan
LCG Comprehensive Planning Division
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March 11, 2010 -
Joe Riley presented his vision for Charleston at the Independent smart growth Lecture Luncheon on May 12, 2009. This is a similar presentation that was given to planning staff by the Joseph P. Riley Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies in the College of Charleston. (Click here for More)
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October 5, 2011 -
The Lafayette City-Parish Administration is finalizing the negotiation of a contract and a scope of work for the planning services of Wallace Roberts & Todd to complete a Comprehensive Plan for the parish.
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October 5, 2011 -
The Lousiana Chapter of the American Planning Association has scheduled its 2012 Conference in Lake Charles on January 25-27, 2012. (Click here for More)
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November 9, 2011 -
SURVEY: LUS and LCG Public Works have collaborated to get a clearer understanding of how to better assist the Lafayette community's outdoor watering needs. They are requesting Lafayette residents take a 5-minute survey that will ask questions about their outdoor watering activities. The survey will allow LUS and Public Works to determine the interest level of participants in using a rain barrel as a method for their outdoor watering. (Click here for Survey)
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Why is it important to have a drainage plan?
One of the biggest investments families make is in their
home. This large commitment has short term and long term impacts not only to
the family making the investment, but to the community as a whole. Public
infrastructure is built to provide and support urban amenities required in
modern city environments. Building and investing resources of time, energy,
and money, both by families and by the public community that is at risk is
neither wise nor prudent. Increasing urbanization covers the surface of the
land with impermeable materials that accelerate stormwater flow into drainage
systems woefully inadequate. A drainage plan is critical to making sound urban
infrastructure investments both by families and businesses and by the community
as a whole. The LINC Drainage and Stormwater Plan is intended to improve and
organize drainage efforts that facilitate both private and public sectors as
efficiently as possible.
How does a drainage plan affect me?
Any section or area of Lafayette Parish should be evaluated
for historic, current and future drainage and stormwater impact. Lafayette has a
semitropical climate. Rainfall events of 50 and 75 year intensity occur in some
part of the parish every eight years on average. To view a subdivision with curb
and gutter streets and sidewalks should not be assumed to be out of harms way for
stormwater. It is important to know how high to build where. What are the flood
elevations? What public infrastructure improvements are built and what is planned?
When are improvements scheduled? What is the base floor elevation of the structure
being built? There are many land "bowls" in Lafayette parish. The drainage plan
has a direct impact on private investment and should be referenced when making decisions.
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Department of Traffic and Transportation
101 East Cypress Street, Lafayette, LA 70502
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