Command Construction Industries, LLC and their subcontractor AllStar Electric, LLC have installed new streetlights and a pervious (allows water to pass through) concrete parking lane on the lake side of South Galvez Street between Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Toledano Street. The streetlights were moved from the neutral ground to the curb side of the roadway to help illuminate the neighborhood.

City of New Orleans contractor Barriere Construction and their subcontractor Dieudonne Enterprises, Inc. are scheduled to begin forming and placing Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramps on the St. Charles Avenue project.

Command Construction Industries, LLC is currently excavating the roadway to install new drainage lines on the lake side of S. Galvez Street between Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Toledano Street. These pipes will be placed beneath the pervious (allows water to pass through) concrete parking lane. The new pervious concrete parking lane will one of the final items to be installed on the lake side of the project, prior to crews switching their work to the river side of the project limits.

Barriere Construction began work on the St. Charles Avenue project in May. The project, a joint effort between the City of New Orleans and the Louisiana Department of Transportation, did not begin before ensuring that all trees in the historic area were properly protected as per the City’s Parks and Parkways guidelines.  

Construction of the S. Galvez Street Reconstruction Project in Central City is well underway. Exploratory work at the intersection of S. Galvez Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. is complete. The temporary lane reduction on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard will return to its normal operations before the summer.