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