The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) continually performs routine repairs to the city’s water and sewer pipes that lie below city streets. Once a repair is complete, the utility cut is backfilled temporarily with sand and crushed concrete.

Infrastructure Industry Day is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, 2022, from 1 – 4 p.m. at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center.  Complimentary Parking will be provided in the Convention Center Public Parking Lot adjacent to Hall I2 with registration. Convention Center Map Here

Register for the January 12, 2022 Infrastructure Industry Day Teleconference here. The presentation will be posted on this page as well as sent via e-mail to all those who register for the event.  

The City of New Orleans remains focused on its infrastructure program, and I am proud of our ability to continue our economic activity in the design and construction industries throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this focus has been greatly challenged by the myriad issues ahead of and following Hurricane Ida,  we have now resumed work on the majority of road work projects; 69 projects valued at more than $600 million. The City is simultaneously focused on implementing procedural changes that will better hold contractors accountable for completing projects more rapidly, and lessening the residential impact throughout the city. This month, we will begin publishing performance ratings for all contractors and projects on the RoadworkNOLA website to offer a higher level of transparency. 

Check out the "Climate Change Survival: How New Orleans Planned for the Next Big Hurricane" interview that was done as part of their second annual virtual conversation series American Cities Rebuilding.