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The Vermilion Parish Police Jury and the Vermilion Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness have introduced a new alert system known as Rave, designed to keep residents informed and safe in a hurricane or other emergencies requiring immediate attention. This system, similar to Nixle, which was the old system, is also used by different government agencies on a larger scale, including the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, providing you with real-time updates.

Drivers in Abbeville should be aware of work that will be done on the Old Abbeville Bridge in downtown on Thursday.
According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), the La. Hwy. 14 Business at the Old Abbeville Bridge will have alternating lane closures on Thursday, June 20, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., weather permitting.
The lane closures are necessary to allow crews to perform routine bridge maintenance. The road will be open to regular traffic with 12-foot lane restrictions on oversized loads passing through the work zone.

A pair of Abbeville Community Master Plan Open House events are set for Saturday, June 22.
The first will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at A.A. Comeaux Park. The second will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at J.H. Williams Middle School.
According to Mayor Roslyn Whit, these meetings will focus on developing city-wide strategies. The meetings will also feature design charrette activities, at J.H. Williams they will focus on the Lyman Street area and at A.A. Comeaux they will focus on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive area.