Tangipahoa seeks disaster-mitigation funds for Amite drainage and street improvements

Tangipahoa Parish Government plans to seek Louisiana disaster-mitigation funds for improvements along Peggy Lee Drive and Velma Drive in Amite, giving residents a limited opportunity to challenge the request on specific procedural, certification, environmental-review or premature-activity grounds.

The parish expects to submit the request on or about Aug. 4, 2026. The funding would come through Louisiana Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation funds made available under the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2018.

How the objection period works

The Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery will consider objections for 15 days after the anticipated submission date or the date it actually receives the request, whichever is later. The notice does not describe the period as a general comment window; it identifies specific grounds for objections, including procedural or certification problems, deficiencies in environmental review and activity that begins prematurely.

That means the formal review opportunity is tied to the request’s submission or receipt, rather than beginning simply because the parish announced its plans. The anticipated date is Aug. 4, but the later actual-receipt date could control the start of the 15-day period.

Part of a parishwide project list

Although the Amite locations are Peggy Lee Drive and Velma Drive, the same parishwide notice lists additional project streets in Independence, Tickfaw, Hammond and Ponchatoula. The proposed request therefore covers work in several Tangipahoa Parish communities, not only Amite.

Tangipahoa’s 2026 operating and capital outlay budget also records infrastructure priorities that include road overlays, drainage-related work, the Amite regional sewer connection and other capital projects. Those budget priorities provide broader local context for the parish’s planned request, but they do not establish that the grant has been awarded.

What is not yet decided

The request remains anticipated rather than approved. The parish notice does not state a final grant amount for the Amite work or provide construction start and completion dates. It also does not establish final approval.

If funding is ultimately approved, the project could direct disaster-mitigation dollars toward two Amite streets and support local resilience and infrastructure conditions. Until then, the next identifiable step is the parish’s expected submission around Aug. 4, followed by the qualifying 15-day objection period administered by the Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery.