Operations

Overview

The Operations Department is integral to maintaining and enhancing parish infrastructure to ensure safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Our team handles a wide range of essential tasks, including:

  • Ditch-Digging & Drainage Maintenance: We perform routine ditch digging to ensure proper water flow and prevent flooding, as well as maintaining drainage systems to keep stormwater moving effectively..

  • Waste Management: We coordinate efficient waste collection and disposal services, helping maintain cleanliness and environmental health in the parish.

  • Debris Removal & Cleanup: We work diligently to remove debris from roadways, waterways, and public spaces, maintaining cleanliness and ensuring safe conditions for residents.

  • Grass Mowing & Vegetation Control: Regular mowing and vegetation management help keep roadsides, levees, and public areas well-maintained and free from overgrowth that could obstruct visibility or water flow.

  • Litter Cleanup: Our team is committed to keeping the community clean by regularly removing litter from public areas, roadways, and natural spaces.

In addition to these direct responsibilities, the Operations Department also oversees the coordination and support of other departments, ensuring smooth, integrated functioning across parish services. Through these efforts, we strive to improve the quality of life for all residents by maintaining clean, functional, and safe infrastructure.

Contact Us

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    Billy Wichers

    Director of Operations
    Email Billy Wichers
    Phone: 504-934-6327
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  2. Ashley Butler

    Administrative Assistant
    Email Ashley
    Phone: 504-934-6326
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  3. Operations

    Physical Address
    333 F. Edward Hebert Boulevard
    Suite 100
    Belle Chasse, LA 70037

    Phone: 504-934-6325
    Fax: 504-934-6329

    Directory

  1.   Boat Harbors and Shipyards

    We manage the harbors in a variety of ways that includes helping you with: billings and collections, information on the availability of boat slips and sizes, procedures for renting slips, etc... Link to page.

  2.   Geographical Information System(GIS)

    Geographic information System (GIS) Department employs committed personnel who manages computer systems designed to capture, manage, visualize, and analyze location-based data. Link to page.

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  3. Flood Control

    The Flood Control Department is dedicated to safeguarding the community by managing and maintaining critical infrastructure designed to prevent flooding... Link to page.

  4.    Information Technology

    The Information Technology Department oversees communications networks, safeguarding data and information, and troubleshooting computer problems of parish owned facilities, etc. Link to page.

  5.   Public Right-of-Way Maintenance (PROWM)

    The mission of the PROWM is to strive for the continual improvement of our neighborhoods to provide a safe and livable environment for our residents. Link to page.

  6.   Safety

    Plaquemines Parish Government’s Safety Department is committed to providing a safe working environment, for all of its employees, as well as the general public. Link to page.

       Solid Waste

    1. The Solid Waste Department performs a weekly curbside collection of garbage and trash throughout the parish. Link to page

      1.   Solid Waste North Office 

        The Solid Waste North Department is responsible for the collection of trash and garbage from Ironton north through Belle Chasse and along the East Bank of the Parish. Link to page

      2.   Solid Waste South Office

        The Solid Waste South Department is responsible for the collection of garbage and trash from Myrtle Grove to Venice. Link to page

      3.   Trash

        Learn about our trash collection services: how we collect trash and what we cannot collect. Link to page

      4.   Garbage

        Learn about garbage collection services. Link to page

      5. Telecommunications 

        The Telecommunications department oversees the exchange of information over large distances throughout Plaquemines Parish. Link to page