Striding together

By News Staff on Monday, May 15, 2023
City, parish work to improve drainage and erosion issues
  • Ville Platte Mayor Ryan Leday Williams is pictured as he clears a portion of a canal located at the intersection of Tate Cove Road and E. Jefferson Street. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Ville Platte Mayor Ryan Leday Williams is pictured as he clears a portion of a canal located at the intersection of Tate Cove Road and E. Jefferson Street. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
  • Pictured from left are Police Jurors Angelica Williams, Kevin Veillon, Bryan Vidrine, and Leila Thrasher, and Public Works Director Jody Snoddy. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Pictured from left are Police Jurors Angelica Williams, Kevin Veillon, Bryan Vidrine, and Leila Thrasher, and Public Works Director Jody Snoddy. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    By: TONY MARKS Editor “With the cooperative endeavor agreement between the City of Ville Platte and the Evangeline Parish Police Jury being signed, the cleaning of the canals project has started and is going very well,” said Mayor Ryan Leday Williams.” The mayor, in a statement, continued, “This is the first step of my flood mitigation plan that consists of removing all sediment, debr...

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