Stretch of Houma’s Main Street declared drug-, alcohol-free zone

For the eighth year, the Good Earth Transit System building on Main Street in Houma will be an alcohol- and drug-free zone for Mardi Gras parades. Tobacco use will be prohibited also.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana in Houma yearly requests the Terrebonne Parish Council to designate the transit facility as alcohol- and drug-free, said ADAC director Alicia Toups.

The designation frees parade-goers from having to worry about children and elderly relatives, Toups said.

“Many people come with young children,” she said.

Toups said ADAC chooses the transit system building because the facility is centrally located along the Houma parade route and is normally heavily patrolled by Houma Police officers.

The site attracts numerous parade-goers who walk there, as well as many people using wheelchairs and strollers.

“We’re able to spread out,” Toups said.

“Along the Mardi Gras route it can get raucous,” said Parish Councilman Clayton Voisin. “It’s a beautiful area (around the building).”

Voisin also said the facility is near downtown Houma.

ADAC is a nonprofit formed in 1985. During parades, the organization will be distributing commodities that it buys using government grants.

Anyone sober and not using tobacco is welcome at the site, Toups said.

For more information, call ADAC at (985) 879-2273.