NATCHEZ — The Fifth District Levee Board will shut down all vehicular traffic on the unpaved Mississippi River levee system through Concordia Parish at 6 p.m. Sunday.

The Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office has been restricting traffic all week.

“All levee traffic will be shut down completely,” Sheriff Randy Maxwell said. “This includes owners of camps, commercial fishermen — everyone.”

He added that the order from the levee board additionally calls for all vehicles to be removed from the Mississippi River levee system.

Maxwell said that the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office boat patrols of the Minorca and Deer Park areas will begin today.

The river stands at 54.73 now. The crest remains the same, 64 on May 22.

An estimated six feet of water now crosses Silver Street in Natchez.