A new look coming to Bayou Segnette.

I have received many emails on this topic. Check back for updates.

The skyline will eventually change along the water at Bayou Segnette State Park. The 20 cabins that once sat along Bayou Segnette since the parks opening in 1987, sustained damage during Hurricane Katrina and will be rebuilt.

At this time it appears that the cabins will not go out for bid for at least another couple of years. This is when the levees are expected to be completed.

 

 

I learned that the new cabins will float instead of being fixed on pilings. By floating the cabins
will be able to rise with a storm surge during a hurricane or other storm event, since they sit outside the hurricane protection levee.

 

The cabins will be done in phases with the first phase consisting of 16 cabins and will have a occupancy of 8 to 10 people each. They should be completed in around 12 t 18 months after bids are complete.

 

Check back in the future for updates.

 

Wharf pilings is all that remains from one of the sets of cabins in

Bayou Segnette State Park.
 

 

UPDATE: 9/20/11

The cabins are due to go out for bid after the first of the year; because of the Corps of Engineers-related permits, construction will likely not begin until summer 2012. In addition, the replacement group camp will be bid out before the end of the year, with construction anticipated to begin in early spring 2012.