BATON ROUGE – Governor Bobby Jindal said today Texas Brine will buy out property owners affected by a massive sinkhole which appeared in Assumption Parish last year.
Jindal said the buyout process will begin this week, starting with property appraisals. People who volunteer to be bought out will be handled first, and a blue ribbon commission will be set up to monitor further sinkhole issues.
The governor met today with representatives from Texas Brine, which owns the land the sinkhole appeared on. It forced about 350 residents of nearby Bayou Corne to evacuate the area.
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