Commission blames Army Corps of Engineers for diversion canal delay

BATON ROUGE – In a letter released Sunday, the Amite River Basin blames US Army Corps of Engineers for not completing the Comite River Diversion Canal on time.“We have feared that sooner or later another historic flooding event will strike again with the Amite River and Comite River basins,” the release said. “It happened sooner.”In the statement, the Amite River Basin Commission said that if the diversion canal had been completed, floodwaters wo