Cal Road, Gonzales
April 9, 2000
Mr. Harold Marchand
Ascension Parish President
208 East Railroad Av
Gonzales, La. 70737
Dear Sir:
Re: Notice of unsafe road conditions existing at Cal 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 Cal 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 Cal Road.
I also detected a very strong stench of raw sewage in the area of the bridge pictured in the attached documents, to the intersection of Chester Diez Road. Hence the additional courtesy copy to the Ascension Parish Health Unit. I would appreciate your office follow up on this notice to the health unit to insure that the matter is investigated.
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.
Sincerely,
Chuck Le Mieux
Cc/fax to:
The Ascension Parish Council
Mr. Anthony Falterman Ascension Parish District Attorney
Mr. Bill Roux 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
Mr. Morris Miller Ascension Parish Health Unit
The Advocates River Parish Office
The Gonzales Weekly
The Community Mirror
The Ascension Citizen
Ascension Parish TV
Ms. Jennifer Sheffield Channel Two Road Patrol
Channel Two News
Channel Two – Two On your Side
Channel 9
Channel 33
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 east from north side of road
No shoulder. |
| Looking east from south side of road
No shoulder. |
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Looking west from north side of road
Guard rail missing presumably removed and never replaced. Typical on all 4 sides of bridge.
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| Looking east from south side of road
Guard rail missing presumably removed and never replaced. Typical on all 4 sides of bridge.
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Looking west from north side of road
No shoulder. |
| Looking west from north side of road
No shoulder. |
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Looking west from south side of road
No shoulder. |
