Highlights
- Louisiana Legislative Auditor finds Lafayette violated state, federal, and local laws during the 2022 spoil bank removal project in St. Martin Parish
- Audit forwarded to District Attorney Don Landry and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for potential prosecution
- The project cost $3.7 million and was allegedly conducted secretly under the code name “Apollo,” according to auditors
- Former Mayor-President Josh Guillory disputes findings, calling audit “political drive-by” and “lawfare”
- The current LCG administration is implementing safeguards to prevent similar violations in the future
Louisiana Auditor Delivers Final Report on Lafayette’s Spoil Bank Project
State auditors report they found multiple violations and have forwarded those findings to prosecutors.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) — The Louisiana Legislative Auditor has released its final audit report on Lafayette Consolidated Government’s controversial spoil bank removal project, concluding that the Guillory administration violated multiple state and federal laws when it secretly moved forward with the $3.7 million flood control project in St. Martin Parish in February 2022.
The 133-page report states that “LCG executed this project without securing the required legal authority, land rights, or permits — raising significant legal, regulatory, and intergovernmental concerns,” and has been forwarded to District Attorney Don Landry of the 15th Judicial District and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District.
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What Lafayette Parish Residents Need to Know
The Legislative Auditor’s report itself does not add anything new. The audit findings largely confirm what previous findings and reports have already uncovered about the spoil bank project, with state auditors reaching similar conclusions to LCG’s own annual auditors regarding legal violations and procedural failures…