What kind of penalty was imposed on the contractor for the delay on the Nelson-Ham Reid Road roundabout?

Tim Conner, parish engineer, said the project, begun last year, originally had an inadequate contract time estimate.

“A more appropriate timetable was later established,” Conner wrote in an email.

“However, the project has been delayed on multiple occasions due to unforeseen utility conflicts, above-normal rainfall conditions, and some contractor delays.

“As of July the contractor has been assessed $20,160.00 in stipulated damages related to this job.”

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Online: www.cppj.net.

 

Dredging doesn’t worsen flooding

My sister lives on Sallier Street close to the port. Will the dredging of the ship channel cause flooding in Lake Charles, especially around the port area?

No, said Bill Rase, executive director of the Port of Lake Charles.

“The dredging of the channel at its current depth and in its current configuration has been in place since the late 1950s,” Rase wrote in an email.

“Dredging has taken place on a virtual yearly cycle since that time. … Dredging does not negatively impact any areas at the port or the surrounding areas.”

The depth and width of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which runs from Lake Charles to the Gulf of Mexico, are federally mandated at 40 feet and 400 feet.

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For more info: www.portlc.com.

 

War museum opened in New Orleans in ’00

There’s talk about having a World War II museum in New Orleans. If this is true, who is going to pay for it?

New Orleans already has such a place — the National WWII Museum, which opened 17 years ago as the D-Day Museum. It’s run by a private, nonprofit group, but it has received state and federal money.

The museum is at 945 Magazine St. For more information, email info@nationalww2museum.org or call 504-528-1944.

Why in New Orleans? From the museum’s website:

“New Orleans is home to the LCVP, or Higgins boat, the landing craft that brought US soldiers to shore in every major amphibious assault of World War II.

“Andrew Jackson Higgins and the 30,000 Louisiana workers of Higgins Industries designed, built and tested 20,000 Higgins boats in southeastern Louisiana during the war.

“Dwight Eisenhower once claimed that Higgins was ‘the man who won the war for us.’”

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For more info: www.nationalww2museum.org.

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