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Sandbag locations by parish ahead of Tropical Storm Gordon

This list will be updated with information as it is received.

NEW ORLEANS - Several parishes have issued information about sandbagging locations for residents ahead of severe weather from Tropical Storm Gordon.

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Below is a list of sandbag locations parish by parish. This list will be updated as more information is released. Need to add a location to this list? Send an email to pressrelease@wwltv.com

Jefferson Parish

No sandbag location has been set at this time. Check back for updates.

Lafourche Parish

Due to the significant amount of rain we've received and predictions of continued rain, sand and bags are available for self-fill (bring shovels etc.) at Lafourche Parish standard locations:

•Lafourche Fire District #3 Central Station: 17462 West Main, Galliano

•Oak Ridge Community Park: Golden Meadow

•Lockport Field Office: 6236 Hwy 308, Lockport

•Raceland AG Grounds parking lot: Texas Street

•Thibodaux Field Office: 2565 Veterans Blvd.

•Bayou Blue Recreation Grounds: Hwy 316 South of Hwy 182

•Choctaw Field Office: 122 Choctaw Barn Road

Orleans Parish

No sandbag location has been set at this time. Check back for updates.

Plaquemines Parish

Boothville-Venice Fire Department

Buras Fire Department

Empire Shipyard

Port Sulphur YMCA

Plaquemines Parish Government Complex/Old State School

119 Sewer Plant Road/Parish Heavy Equipment Office

Prawn Shop/Old Edna Lafrance Building in Braithwaite

Davant Community Center

Braithwaite Auditorium

St. Bernard Parish

The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office will distribute free sandbags on Monday, Sept. 3 from 2-to-6 p.m. at the sandbag barn in the old Kaiser facility at the rear of the port of St. Bernard in Chalmette.

St. Bernard residents must show proof of residency in order to receive sandbags, and there will be a limit of 15 per vehicle.

Motorists wishing to pick up the sandbags at the Port can enter the road to the port off West St. Bernard Highway at Keane Drive, next to the old Kaiser smokestack, and follow the road to the rear of the port, near the Mississippi River levee. Deputies will be there to assist.

St. Charles Parish

The sandbagging locations in St. Charles Parish are as follows:

East Bank Bridge Park

West Bank Bridge Park

LA 306 at Badeaux Lane East in Bayou Gauche

St. James Parish

No sandbag location has been set at this time. Check back for updates.

St. John the Baptist Parish

Self-serve Sandbag Locations - Opening at 1 pm on Monday, September 03, 2018

Please bring a shovel and prepare to fill your own bags. Please only take what is needed.

Intersection of Bamboo Road & Indigo Pkwy (near Lake Pontchartrain Elementary)

Railroad Avenue Fire Station (near Riverside Academy)

Ezekiel Jackson Park

Westbank Complex

Wallace & Pleasure Bend Fire Stations.

Pre-filled sandbags for elderly and disabled:

Monday, September 03, 2018 (1 pm to 7 pm)

425 Captain G. Bourgeois, LaPlace.

St. Tammany Parish

St. Tammany Parish will distribute sandbags at the following locations on Monday, September 3, 2018 from 8 a.m. – 6p.m., and Tuesday, September 4, 2018 from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Residents don't need shovels. Bags will already be made and available to load in vehicles.

St. Tammany Parish Government- Building C

21410 Koop Dr., Mandeville

St. Tammany Parish Public Works- Airport Road Barn

34783 Grantham College Rd., Slidell

St. Tammany Parish Public Works- Covington Barn

1305 N. Florida St., Covington

St. Tammany Parish Public Works- Fritchie Barn

63119 Highway 1090 in Pearl River

St. Tammany Parish Public Works Barn- Keller Barn

63131 Fish Hatchery Road, Lacombe

Residents can go to the following sandbag locations in city of Slidell starting Sept. 4 at 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Residents may have to bring their own shovel at certain locations. City employees will be assisting residents, especially elderly residents.

- Lee Street

- The tennis courts at Second Street and Cleveland Avenue in Olde Towne Slidell

- The parking lot on the corner of Rue Rochelle and Independence Drive near the park

There is a limit of 15 sand bags

Tangipahoa Parish

Sandbags will be available from 8am to 5pm Monday, September 3rd at:

Pleasant Ridge Public Works

44512 Pleasant Ridge Rd

Hammond, La 70401

Terrebonne Parish

Terrebone Parish Public Works Division will begin providing self-serve sand and bags to the public, September 3 at 8 a.m. The following locations are planned to be opened no later than 5 p.m. Please bring your own shovel:

Cannata's West

6307 West Park Ave.

Houma, LA

Airbase Softball Complex

9544 East Main St.

Houma, LA

West Terrebonne Fire

110 Merry Moss

Gibson, LA

St. Ann Church

4355 Highway 24

Bourg, LA

Ward 7

5006 Highway 56

Chauvin, LA

Bayou Black Fire Station

2820 Savanne Rd

Houma, LA

Mechanicville Gym

2814 Senator St

Houma, LA

Upper Dularge Fire Station

1767 Bayou Dularge

Houma, LA

Pointe-Aux-Chene Knights of Columbus Hall

1558 Highway 655

Pointe-Aux-Chene, LA

TPCG Barn (next to Shannon Hardware; prefilled bags for elderly and handicap persons)

1860 Grand Caillou

Houma, LA

Gibson East Fire

5218 N. Bayou Black Rd.

Gibson, LA

Bobtown Vol. Fire Station

4717 Grand Caillou Rd.

Houma, LA

Village East Fire

100 Development St

Houma, LA

Montegut Fire Department

1105 La. Highway 55

Montegut, LA

Washington Parish

Pre Filled locations:

YACC building (west of Seven Mile Road) beginning at 1pm on Monday, September 3, 2018

801 Pearl St, Franklinton LA beginning at 1pm on Monday, September 3, 2018

End of Austin St @ Youth Build, Bogalusa LA beginning at 800am on Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Self Serve Locations:

17380 Bill Booty Road, Bogalusa LA beginning at 1pm on Monday, September 3, 2018

Avenue B Sports Complex, Bogalusa LA beginning at 800am on Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Columbia Street & North Ave Bogalusa LA beginning at 800am ono Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Pearl River County Parish

No sandbag location has been set at this time. Check back for updates.

Hancock County Parish

No sandbag location has been set at this time. Check back for updates.

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