- Recent rainstorms have caused flooding at local businesses.
- Multiple drainage projects by the Lafayette Consolidated Government will consist of upsizing culverts, readjusting the elevation of some culverts, and constructing an underground surge basin/detention basin in order to help combat some of the intense flash flooding events the area has recently experienced.
- Root Floral Shop in downtown Lafayette says this isn't the first time her store has flooded due to the rain.
Owner of root floral shop, Mia Sandberg tells KATC flooding isn't new to her store.
"It's happened once right when we moved in a couple of years ago," she says. "It was really bad, we got a bunch of rain. Very heavy rain within a few short hours and it got up really high."
Although she has seen drainage construction happening downtown there hasn't been much of a difference with the flooding in her store.
"A bunch of puddles of water and my rug soaked in water. The back entrance got some water. Boxes were wet, everything was wet." Sandberg said.
Chad Nepveaux, Lafayette Consolidated Government Public Works’ Director, ensured multiple drainage projects have started and still have to be completed.
"There's a big problem downtown when it rains cause the road fills up with water. It takes a little while for that water to get into that underground system. So the current project we going on right now is the replace and add additional roadside catch bases to try to minimize the water in the road way." he says.
For now Sandberg hopes to have the situation resolved but until then, will have to keep valuables off the floor in case it floods again.
"We learned our lesson the first time we had some furniture get ruined and it's definitely frustrating," she says.
