[StBernard] Tuesday ground breaking of the St. Bernard Animal Control facility!

[Westley Annis]

Ground Breaking of Animal Control Shelter in Violet to be held June 30 

Expanded facility being built with FEMA funds and a HSUS grant

 

St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro Jr., along with FEMA and a
host of officials, will celebrate Recovery and Growth in St. Bernard Parish
with a ground breaking ceremony at the site of the new Animal Control
facility at 5455 E. Judge Perez Drive in Violet. 

 

"This new project will mean St. Bernard will have a state-of-the-art animal
control facility that will allow us to house more animals and offer better
services to our residents," said President Taffaro. 

 

The construction on the Animal Control facility that will be nearly twice as
large as the pre-Katrina shelter will cost $1,239,151 to be paid for with
FEMA funds and insurance proceeds, including a $250,000 grant from the
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). 

 

The shelter is being moved from its current location on Agriculture Street
off of Paris Road in Chalmette to Judge Perez in Violet where it will be
located on higher land and easily accessible to the public.

 

The land the shelter will sit on has been donated to St. Bernard Parish
Government by the Joseph and Arlene Meraux Charitable Foundation.
Construction began last week, and it should be completed near the end of
October. Braithwaite Construction is the contractor, and Meyer Engineers is
the firm responsible for the design.

 

Drayfus Guient of Chester Engineers is the project manager as part of the
CDM team that is providing oversight for all FEMA-funded projects in St.
Bernard. Rick Stierwald of the St. Bernard Parish Department of Public Works
is the project manager and resident inspector.

 

For more information about Recovery and Growth in St. Bernard Parish, visit
our website at www.sbpg.net.

 

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