OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Saturday, August 28, 2021, 1 p.m.

In coordination with the Plaquemines Parish Government, Sheriff Gerald A. Turlich, Jr. announces a nightly curfew will go into effect as of today, August 28, 2021, from sunset until sunrise in the areas under a mandatory evacuation in anticipation of Hurricane Ida.

With a mandatory evacuation ordered for the entire eastbank of Plaquemines Parish as well as the westbank from the Highway 23 Floodgate in Oakville to Venice, the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office (PPSO) urges all residents in these areas to abide by the curfew with the exception of law enforcement and emergency personnel. PPSO will be enforcing this curfew and ask for the cooperation of all residents as we prepare for potential impacts of Hurricane Ida.

The Highway 39 Floodgate at the Plaquemines/St. Bernard Parish line is scheduled to close today at 6pm and the Highway 23 Floodgate in Oakville is scheduled to close today at 7pm. Only outgoing traffic evacuating from areas under the mandatory evacuation will be allowed during the curfew.

This curfew will remain in effect until the mandatory evacuation has been lifted.

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Contact Information:
Lieutenant Chaun J. Domingue
Public Information Officer
Office: 504-934-6785
cdomingue@ppso.net