Master plan approved by Amite River Basin Commission, work to mitigate flooding begins

LIVINGSTON - Decades of flooding frustrations could soon turn into real progress for thousands of Louisiana residents; a long-awaited master plan to tackle flooding along the Amite Rover is finally in motion. A master plan to mitigate flooding among seven parishes along the Amite River was approved Tuesday in Livingston by the Amite River Basin Commission."Usually a master plan can take multiple years but we were given a short timeline by the legislative mandates and we maintained our