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5 mph speed limit for Bayou D'Arbonne
Boat traffic along a section of Bayou D'Arbonne will be required to follow a 5 mph speed limit under a temporary emergency ordinance approved by the Ouachita Parish Police Jury Monday.
The 5 mph speed limit will be enforced by U.S. Wildlife and Fisheries along a one-mile section of Bayou D'Arbonne from the La. 143 bridge to the mouth of the bayou.
Those caught violating the speed limit could be fined up to $500.
Bayou D'Arbonne Drive residents petitioned the police jury Monday during its regular meeting to have the speed limit temporarily reduced to 5 mph due to high water levels. Homeowners told police jurors that the boat traffic speeding through Bayou D'Arbonne increased the chances of erosion to their property.
Parish attorney Jay Mitchell said the police jury has jurisdiction to limit speed along parish waterways when flooding situations exist.
"There is no speed limit currently," Mitchell said. "It's been done on a temporary basis in the past, and when the water dropped, the jury rescinded the ordinance."
He said the parish took similar measures during the 1991 flood.
The ordinance approved by the police jury goes into effect immediately. It will remain in effect until rescinded by the police jury, Mitchell said.
Juror Walt Caldwell suggested the police jury look at implementing a permanent speed limit along that particular section of Bayou D'Arbonne. |
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