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• Neighbors say problems got worse after city tried to fix sinkhole Play Video

  January 9, 2023 4:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A sinkhole was fixed, but the mend resulted in a much larger disaster. Now, the people living on either side of that hole are speaking to 2 On Your Side. The area is surrounded by stakes skirted with an orange plastic barricade. David Coco lives next... more »

• Underground pipe repaired following 2 On Your Side report Play Video

  December 13, 2022 4:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Less than two weeks after 2 On Your Side first reported on a dip in the road in Riverbend, a crew got out there to dig up the street and repair the problem for good. A contracted crew started the work Monday morning, tearing up the... more »

• Dip in road repaired after call from 2 On Your Side; permanent fix coming Play Video

  December 2, 2022 3:57 PM

  BATON ROUGE - It took less than 24 hours for the city-parish to respond to a call from 2 On Your Side. After Monday's story about a dip in the road in Riverbend , several parish trucks brought heavy machinery to the scene Tuesday. The road was torn up so... more »

• Major drainage project underway in Central Play Video

  August 16, 2022 4:30 PM

  CENTRAL - There's a big drainage project happening in the City of Central. Compliance EnviroSystems, LLC has been contracted to do the work, taking images of every catch basin, pipe, and culvert in the city. Tuesday, CES started working in the Northwoods subdivision clearing out trouble spots. Central... more »

• Large erosion, drainage project wrapping up following 2 On Your Side report Play Video

  July 20, 2022 4:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A busted drainage pipe causing major erosion, sinking sidewalks, and street flooding has been repaired. Last month, 2 On Your Side reported about the issue in Sherwood Forest and Wednesday learned the project was so big it required repairs in several locations. Greg Arthur says... more »

• Creek washout meant to be repaired last year now affecting residents' yards Play Video

  June 16, 2022 2:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A broken drainage pipe is causing major erosion that's affecting two properties in East Baton Rouge Parish. It's been growing for about five years. The hole is being washed out when it rains and water drains to and through Jones Creek. It's eating up all sorts... more »

• Sinkhole, drainage pipe repaired after two-year wait Play Video

  April 6, 2022 3:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - After two years, a sinkhole in Azalea Lakes has been repaired. It was last April when 2 On Your Side first visited with homeowners about the growing hole. Then again in February , when the Parish said it might be another year before work is done. ... more »

• Parish offers 'no comment' to eroding drainage ditch issue in Prairieville Play Video

  April 15, 2021 6:29 PM

  PRAIRIEVILLE - All the rain this week is making one big problem worse in Ascension Parish. A huge drainage ditch outside a house in Prairieville is swallowing up property and with nowhere else to turn, he called 2 On Your Side. Milton Clouatre just wants his problem fixed. But,... more »

• Homeowner with sinkhole on city-parish repair list since early 2018 Play Video

  September 11, 2019 6:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There's a large sinkhole out front of a home off Old Hammond Highway, near O'Neal Lane. The hole has been growing for quite some time and the homeowner is wondering why it hasn't been fixed yet. "You know, I'm getting pretty well fed up with it,"... more »

• Undersized culverts source of resident headaches Play Video

  June 17, 2019 7:16 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Neighborhood growth in one area of Livingston Parish is creating drainage issues. At one time, a 12-inch drainage culvert in the Merryland Subdivision worked just fine, but that was years ago. Now Livingston Parish is saying it might be time for an upgrade. On June 6,... more »

• Possible root of flooding issues found, fixed by City-Parish Play Video

  May 29, 2019 6:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The City-Parish is working toward flood relief in the Zeeland Place neighborhood of Baton Rouge after a number of 2 On Your Side reports about poor drainage there. Last week, the City-Parish removed a large water oak tree that was growing on top of the drainage... more »

• Years of waiting over, woman's driveway issues fixed Play Video

  April 11, 2019 6:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman who's been living in a home for four years will finally be able to use her entire driveway since the City-Parish has fixed an issue she's been dealing with. Dorcas Jackson says the driveway where she lives has been caving. After a number of... more »

• Underground pipe eroding causing home to sink, responsibility unknown Play Video

  September 27, 2018 6:18 PM

  GONZALES - A homeowner says her property is sinking and she blames a deteriorating pipe running through her backyard. After fighting it for three years, she called 2 On Your Side. Madelyn Landry says she's stuck with a money pit. She and her husband bought their Gonzales home in... more »

• Hole full of sewage repaired following call to 2OYS Play Video

  August 24, 2018 6:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Channel 2 is on the side of a man living along North Foster Drive Friday. For the last week, Broderick Brown says there's been sewage floating in his front yard. When he couldn't get the help he needed, Brown called 2 On Your Side's Brittany Weiss.... more »

• Property caving in for years, homeowner can't find relief Play Video

  June 5, 2018 6:50 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE - A drainage pipe busted underground and it's been causing problems for a homeowner for nearly a decade. Keith Bradford says he can't seem to find anyone who wants to take responsibility and it should have been repaired a long time ago. "It was a little small... more »

• Store shelves empty as cold snap continues Play Video

  January 2, 2018 11:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Space heaters and pipe covers were in short supply Tuesday at Goodwood Hardware and Outdoors off Jefferson Highway. "It kind of snuck up on us. We should have more tomorrow," said one store clerk. The last four heaters were sold out by lunch. Pipe insulation and... more »

• Broken pipes and chilly nights in Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 2, 2018 12:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Water leaked from underneath several houses near downtown Baton Rouge Monday. Freezing temperatures busted pipes, causing a wet and miserable maintenance problem for residents. "The ice froze up and busted the pipes," said a man working on South 17th Street house. "I've got to fix that,... more »

• Leaking water pipe fixed following call to 2 On Your Side Play Video

  September 5, 2017 5:51 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Water that's been leaking from a pipe for a year in Livingston Parish was capped off and secured following a call to 2 On Your Side. The pipe is off Thunderbird Lane, in a neighborhood off of Highway 16 in Denham Springs. Crystal Hall says the... more »

• FEMA house-hauler damaged water line; Homeowner soaked Play Video

  August 18, 2017 6:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man is facing a large bill after a tractor-trailer hauling a FEMA Manufactured Housing Unit drove over his plumbing line and broke it. Along Ventura Drive in Baton Rouge, water trickling from a pipe into the street has been a regular occurrence for weeks. ... more »

• Home floods for third time Monday, homeowner wants answers Play Video

  April 5, 2017 5:57 PM

  WATSON - A woman who's home in Crestwood Subdivision flooded last August got water in her house again this week. Gale Vodopija says she never flooded before August, but since then her home has taken on water twice. She's waiting to rebuild her Watson home fearing it could flood... more »

• Call to 2 On Your Side fixes sinkhole Play Video

  March 6, 2017 6:16 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Worry no more about a sinkhole in Arbor Walk. It's been taken care of by the Department of Public Works following a 2 On Your Side report. Less than two weeks after WBRZ met Richard Bigelow, a crew was at his home Monday morning fixing and... more »

• Crews extinguish fire at pipe facility in Zachary

  February 4, 2016 12:26 AM

  ZACHARY - Firefighters were called to the US Composite Pipe South facility in Zachary just after 10 p.m. Wednesday night. It took the Zachary Fire Department less than 30 minutes to extinguish flames inside the building on Hwy. 61. The cause of the fire, and the extent of... more »