Sunset Levee Lift

According to a recent GIS survey done, 85 percent of the levee subsided 3 inches or less with most of the remainder at six-foot or less difference compared to 2014.

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Plans call for lifting the earthen levee to 7-1/2 feet consistently from the Davis Pond Diversion to the Tippy Pump Station, bringing the West Bank Hurricane Protection system closer to 100-year protection.

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The Sunset Levee, which runs through Des Allemands, Bayou Gauche and to the Paradis Canal, was built nearly 100 years ago by the Sunset Drainage Levee District and has been maintained and lifted over time.

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The CPRA has dedicated $1.2 million for levee design and/or construction to lift the levee, but is pending an intergovernmental agreement. CPRA has budgeted another $2.3 million for the project in 2021, bringing the project cost to $3.5 million.

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The Lafourche Basin Levee District, overseeing the levee, asked CPRA to commit to the funding this year, which would allow doing the entire project rather than in phases.​ The project would require 120,000 yards of dirt, which they will seek locally to save on cost.

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