Parish Government Holds Groundbreaking on New EOC Building

Sheri Jerry Turlich, Parish President Keith Hinkley, and Superintendent Dr. Shelley Writz, alongside other parish o cials and contractors, held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick o the development of the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the government complex.
Sheri Jerry Turlich, Parish President Keith Hinkley, and Superintendent Dr. Shelley Writz, alongside other parish o cials and contractors, held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick o the development of the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the government complex.

On Thursday, October 1, the Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for their Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on the government complex in Belle Chasse on F. Edward Hebert.

This facility, which will replace the old Popich Building location, will handle the parish’s 911 dispatch, serve as a hub for emergency management, and be where parish officials oversee response an…