News & Updates for Tangipahoa Parish

The Regional Planning Commission for Tangipahoa Parish is accepting public comments on the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) for the projected urbanized area throughout Tangipahoa Parish. This is a drafted plan proposing goals and objectives to address transportation needs over the next 25 years of future growth for our parish. The plan provides a blueprint of strategies designed to achieve a safer, more livable community concerning transportation.

Tangipahoa Water District has issued a Boil Advisory for the following areas:

HWY 22 W between Drude Rd & Dutch Ln, includes all subdivisions between said roads due to broken water main.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller
(985) 748-3211

AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Government's Litter Abatement program will hold its final recycling event for 2018 this Saturday, Dec. 8, for residents to drop off their recycling materials in Roseland and Hammond.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said the recycling program is open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the TPG public works offices on US 51 in Roseland and on W. Pleasant Ridge Road in Hammond. 

AMITE—A rail crossing in the Baptist area will be closed for two days next week as Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge crews complete two major cross drain replacement projects on the east side of the parish. 

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said the rail crossing at North Baptist Road will be closed for improvements on Dec. 12 and 13. No traffic will be allowed through the crossing during this construction period. Signs will be posted and detours will be in effect during this two-day closure, Miller said. 

AMITE—The Tangipahoa Parish Council’s recently-appointed special subdivision and development review committee has reached a consensus that may help the Parish end the temporary development moratorium adopted by the Parish Council earlier this year.

According to Committee Chairman David Vial, this group was tasked with addressing public concerns dealing with drainage, flooding, stormwater mitigation and detention, traffic, and land clearing. Vial said each of these issues has to be done with proper consideration given to the pressures for residential growth in the Parish, environmental standards, the diversity of housing needs, property values, and the general welfare of residents living within high growth areas.