[StBernard] Schedule for Residents to Return

[Westley Annis]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

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*Henry “Junior” Rodriguez*

*Parish President*

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

(504) 278-4200

September 15, 2005; 1:00 PM CST

*Residents Allowed Limited Access to St. Bernard Parish:*

Parish President Henry “Junior” Rodriguez, in conjunction with the 
Parish Council and Sheriff Jack A. Stephens, has announced the decision 
to allow residents to return on a limited basis to St. Bernard Parish.

Residential access will be scheduled by area and will be on a limited 
basis. The schedule will be progressive, and those residents who are 
unable to return on their specified dates will be allowed to return from 
their scheduled dates until September 30, 2005.

A STRICT DAWN TO DUSK CURFEW will be enforced and *no person or vehicle 
will be allowed to remain in St. Bernard Parish during the curfew*.

To date, we have cleared pathways on most streets to allow travel, 
however, there is much debris remaining to be removed. The water plant 
if running and producing water, but, because many distribution lines and 
residential pipes are broken, water pressure will not be available 
parish wide for the foreseeable future.

The schedule will be as follows:

Saturday 9/17 & Sunday 9/18 Jackson Barracks to Paris Road,

St. Bernard Highway to the River

Monday 9/19 & Tuesday 9/20 Jackson Barracks to Paris Road,

Judge Perez Drive to St. Bernard Highway

Wednesday 9/21 & Thursday 9/22 Paris Road to the Violet Canal,

Judge Perez Drive to the River

Friday 9/23 & Saturday 9/24 Jackson Barracks to Paris Road,

All areas north of Judge Perez Drive

Sunday 9/25 & Monday 9/26 Paris Road to Palmisano Boulevard,

All areas north of Judge Perez Drive

Tuesday 9/27 & Wednesday 9/28 Palmisano Boulevard to the Violet Canal,

All areas north of Judge Perez Drive

Thursday 9/29 & Friday 9/30 All areas below the Violet Canal.

Unless significant progress is made by the Water Division, Entergy, and 
Atmos regarding repairing the utilities in St. Bernard, on Saturday, 
October 1, 2005, all residents must again leave St. Bernard Parish to 
allow these entities to complete repairs. This decision will be made and 
announced later depending on the progress of the restoration.

To be eligible to return to St. Bernard, residents must present proof of 
residency. To protect homes and businesses from unwanted intrusion, we 
will strictly enforce this rule. *PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE PROOF OF 
RESIDENCY*.

When planning your return, please keep in mind that electrical power, 
telephone, water, and sanitation have not been restored in St. Bernard. 
Moreover, presently there is no gasoline, food, water or building 
material available. Thus, please plan accordingly. You should be totally 
self-sufficient with generators, tools, etc. to enable you to accomplish 
your planned tasks, and you must have sufficient gasoline to exit St. 
Bernard when you are finished.

Because St. Bernard Parish Government does not have sufficient life 
sustaining supplies to support the general public, we encourage you to 
make arrangements to sleep outside of St. Bernard Parish.

Further, you are advised to take precautions to ensure your personal 
safety when inside of St. Bernard Parish. We have posted the 
recommendations on the “News” link of: 
http://www.stbernardparishgovernment.com 
<http://www.stbernardparishgovernment.com/>. Scroll down to the 
September 14, 2005; 8:00 AM CST - Preparation to Return section.

We understand that traffic is very heavy on all routes available to gain 
access to St. Bernard. Please plan your travel accordingly. The 
Louisiana State Police has posted a return route map at: 
http://www.lsp.org/pdf/KatrinaReentryPlanMap.pdf.

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