JENNINGS — The Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury authorized its legal counsel Wednesday to negotiate for a right of way and to file a lawsuit, if necessary, to allow Consolidated Gravity Drainage District 1 to dig a drainage ditch for the Greenwood subdivision.
The subdivision, located off Parish Line Road, just west of U.S. 165, has had unresolved drainage problems for several years.
“We have tried to contact the people who own the land, but they never answered our correspondence,” said drainage board spokesman Joe Ezell. “Now the only alternative is to buy the right of way.”
The drainage district cannot dig the ditch without acquiring the right of way, Ezell said.
He noted that no major ditch heads east from the subdivision to Cow Bayou. The drainage on the road drops to the back on the south end, and there is no drainage there — which causes flooding, he said.
Police Juror Byron Buller said inadequate drainage in the area has left many people with 5 to 6 inches of rain under their houses.
To resolve the issue, the drainage board says a ditch needs to be dug across a section of property owned by Rayonier Gulf Timberlands of Fernandina Beach, Fla. Permission requests sent to the company since March 2014 have gone unanswered, Ezell said.
Rayonier Gulf Timberlands will be compensated by the drainage board for use of the land.
“I think we have money in the budget to pay for the right of way,” Ezell said. “I don’t think it is going to be expensive because we are not going to take that much (land) away.”
Dirt from digging the ditch will be placed on the bank to allow the drainage district the right of way to clean beaver dams and maintain drainage.
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