Boudreaux Road, Gonzales
April 5, 2000
Mr. Harold Marchand
Ascension Parish President
208 East Railroad Av
Gonzales, La. 70737
Re: Notice of unsafe road conditions existing at Boudreaux Road, Gonzales
Dear Sir:
It is my understanding that because of laws signed into effect by the governor, that the state and/or parish must be put on notice before they can be held liable for property damage, injury, or death due to safety discrepancies for a particular road.
That is the intent of this letter. Consider the Parish of Ascension put on notice as to the unsafe conditions existing on Boudreaux Road in Gonzales using the pictures and descriptions attached.
While I point out particular areas of the road, be advised that there are numerous safety hazards the entire length of Boudreaux Road.
Because of this roads narrowness it is my opinion that the only way to widen the road would be to lay culvert both sides, the entire length, and to then backfill the ditches.
Be advised, if there is any property damage, injury, or death after the date of this notice, I will do my utmost to bring this notice to the attention of those involved and their attorneys.
This letter and its attachments have been published to the web site http://inascension.com on the “Our Roads” page.
Chuck Le Mieux
You can now keep track of the efforts put forth by the parish to remove the safety issues they have been put on notice of. Original pictures of the roads will now have the tag "click here for updates" if and when improvements have been made or follow ups sent. Clicking on this tag will take you to a new page with pictures of the work done, or not done, by the parish. You can then make up your mind whether their effort was satisfactory or not.
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Looking north from west side of road
Very narrow road |
| Looking south from west side of road
Guard rail too low |
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Looking south from east side of road
No shoulder. |
| Looking south from west side of road
Pavement narrows from bridge with no warning signs. |
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Looking north from east side of road
No shoulder. |
Cc/fax to:
The Ascension Parish Council
Mr. Anthony Falterman Ascension Parish District Attorney
Mr. Ronnie Fairchild Ascension Parish Dept of Public Works
Mr. John (Juba) Diez Louisiana State Representative
Mr. Harry Robert Insurance Agent for Ascension Parish
Ms. Jean Payne of Gallagher Bassett Insurance Services
Mr. Jeff Wiley Ascension Parish Sheriff
The Advocates River Parish Office
The Gonzales Weekly
The Community Mirror
The Ascension Citizen
Ascension Parish TV
Channel Two News
Ms. Jennifer Sheffield Channel Two Road Patrol
Channel 9
Channel 33
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Boudreaux Road, Gonzales Update June 11, 2000 Mr. Bill Roux Re: Boudreaux Road
Dear Sir: I bring to your attention again a serious safety hazard existing at Boudreaux Road in Gonzales. That being the lack of warning signs at the southwest corner of the bridge pictured below. I put the parish on notice of this serious safety issue with a letter and pictures to the parish president on April 5, 2000. To date, after three or four follow-up phone calls to Mr. Doyle Mitchell in the past two weeks, nothing has been done. If my memory serves me correctly in my last conversation to Mr. Mitchell he stated that he had just been too busy.
If you, or your staff, would take the time to investigate this issue, you would find that the existing road is not centered with the bridge. Hence the anomaly pictured. You’d also find yellow and black-stripped caution signs pointing in the wrong direction and in the wrong location, also pictured here. What is it going to take to resolve this issue? Injury or possibly death because of the lack of a caution sign that cost a few dollars? I might also add here that it seems to me that since Mr. George Brown has left his position with public works that it’s back to business as usual practiced by the past administration. That being, doing nothing, or taking an unreasonable amount of time to resolve complaints turned in by parish residents. Note that the previous paragraph has been changed from its original syntax. Click here for an explanation. I would appreciate your immediate attention to this safety issue. Sincerely,
Chuck Le Mieux Cc/Fax to:
Cc/email to: Mr. Harold Marchand Ascension Parish President |
