Comite River Diversion has officials pledging they'll follow through

BATON ROUGE - Construction of the Comite River Diversion project has been in the works for decades, but delays continue to follow any progress.Crews have been digging a twelve-mile channel to divert flood waters from the Comite River to the Mississippi. Friday government leaders recommitted themselves to completing the project at a ceremony near the construction site.Paul Sawyer, Executive Director of the Amite River Basin Commission says finishing the decades-old project will be a relief."We'v