Rep. Graves Statement on Opening of Bonnet Carre Spillway
April 04, 2020
April 04, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 4 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement regarding the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway:
"This is the first time in the Bonnet Carre's 89-year history that the structure has had to be opened three years in a row. Every year, 30 states and 2 Canadian provinces thaw out and drain into the Mississippi River system and all that water funnels down and becomes Louisiana's problem. The opening of the spillway caus . . .
"This is the first time in the Bonnet Carre's 89-year history that the structure has had to be opened three years in a row. Every year, 30 states and 2 Canadian provinces thaw out and drain into the Mississippi River system and all that water funnels down and becomes Louisiana's problem. The opening of the spillway caus . . .