DUSON, La. (KLFY) –The Mayor of Duson is taking another step forward in combating blight. The town has received bids to demolish properties listed as blighted and abandoned. 

The town scored a grant of about $25,000, which will help it progress. The mayor details that since he took office, 78 homes and mobile homes have been demolished.

“We’re just trying to remove the criminal element, blighted properties that just diminish the home value or worth of homes in town. It just creates a difficult environment,” the mayor stated.

The police department removed vehicles found abandoned on various properties.

“Moved over a hundred wrecked vehicles that were on blighted properties and, you know, people just put them up on four wheels, on jacks and so on,” Mayor Thibodeaux added.

The fight against blighted properties is heightened as the mayor learned that two or three homes contain asbestos. 

“We have two to three homes of the 23 that we mentioned that have asbestos on them, which is a big hazard. They’re going to be bidding on that, and we can get that out of our community—a lot of the blighted properties—and reestablish it,” he explained.

Plus, a street improvement project is lined up, and the bid to start that work has already been taken.  

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