[StBernard] Recovery

[Westley Annis]

Laurie
 
Recovery is NOT an illusion.  The pile of new construction debris and the
old removed trailer plumbing are signs that residents are moving back into
their homes.
 
When a new subdivision is built, are there new construction debris piles?
 
It all depends on your perspective.  For a long time I could not walk, ride
bikes or drive around the north area of District C by St Marks.  It was to
me at that time depressing.
 
It looks much different now.  North of 20 arpent canal on Despaux Drive
there is alot of new construction activity. Corinne Estates, Palmisano Blvd,
all looking very nice.  YES, some residents and/or contractors have the
audacity to dump their debris on the neutral grounds or curbs.  We cannot go
around policing such things on a daily basis.  We are more focused on
planning for future redevelopment.  The parish is contracting with SDT to
make one final sweep to clean up construction debris.

 It just really depends on how you look at things.  Hope you see the
difference soon.

SJK


-----Original Message-----
Craig, I was in the parish today and had the feeling that recovery was just 
an illusion also.  I was so sad cause it looked so much more dirty than last

time I was there, which was about 2 weeks ago.  I've been sick and haven't 
been there for a couple of weeks. Then I realized it looked so bad because 
more people were fixing up and working on their houses so more trash a 
debris was outside on lawns and in piles everywhere.  All the FEMA porches 
and pipes from old FEMA trailers looks really bad piled up on Paris Road.  
When is all this going to be moved away?  Are things going to get better and

the pace stepped up on picking up trash?  What about new construction 
debris, which seems to be everywhere?  Is there real recourse for the parish

to make people get rid of this mess in a faster and more efficient way? Any 
way to enforce this so things don't look so messy and dirty?

Laurie