With only 20 bays still opened in the Spillway structure, the land is reclaiming itself. The road that winds through the Spillway connecting Montz and Norco is covered with about a foot of sand. Areas that were once pits are now filled with sand left by the rushing river, alluvial soil from all the parts of the United States that drain into the Mississippi.
In the weeks ahead, the crews who work the Spillway will have much to do--studying the fish that came in and are trapped in the borrow pits as they look for the rare sturgeon; cleaning the recreation areas where the Model Airplane Club meets to fly their planes; cleaning the bicycle paths and rebuilding the bridges over the canals on those paths; rebuilding the boat docks--and, so much more.