The City of New Orleans and the Department of Public Works, will soon begin lane restriping as part of the Wright Road (Chef Menteur Blvd—Dwyer Rd) Full Reconstruction project. The lane restriping for this project is being implemented as part of the City of New Orleans’ Complete Streets program, which will include a vehicular lane reduction and parking lane shift on Wright Rd between Chef Menteur Blvd and Dwyer Rd to provide bike lanes in both directions of travel. 

Fleming Construction Company is currently staging equipment and surveying with MSMM Engineering in preparation for the $7.2M full-depth reconstruction project. Excavation and utility work will encompass Andry, Egania, Miro, Tonti and Choctaw streets as part of the Lower Ninth Ward Northwest Group D reconstruction. Streets, curb, sidewalks, disability ramps and utilities will be fixed throughout the site and finally completed in summer 2022.

Waterline replacements and tie-ins are continuing on the $10.3M Wright Road (Chef Menteur Boulevard – Dwyer Road) Full Reconstruction project that began in November 2020. Work on the northbound lane of Wright Road is being finalized with sidewalk and driveway operations completing this month. The southbound lane of Wright Road is limited to resident access only as crews continue waterline replacement installation. Weekend work across this project has been frequent throughout summer and fall to ensure that the scheduled timeline for completion is maintained despite severe weather events.

The $10.6M Village De L’Est Group C project broke ground in January 2020 and continues to make significant progress improving infrastructure in the Village De L’Est neighborhood despite days lost to high water levels in the lagoon. The project has currently worked to return to normal operations following the severe weather events of Hurricane Ida. This full-depth reconstruction project was designed by Hartman Engineering, Inc. and is being constructed by Durr Heavy Construction, LLC. Current focus of work remains on North Nemours Street with installation of waterline and sewer line replacements. The contractor moves toward project completion, which is expected in late fall 2021.

The $2.9M Old Spanish Trail (Nighthart Street – Sherwood Drive) project, which broke ground in February 2021, continues the full-depth reconstruction that was designed by Mott MacDonald and is being constructed by Beverly Construction Company, LLC. Crews have finalized drainage and waterline installation and are moving onto roadway restoration on the northbound lane of Old Spanish Trail. Paving operations are expected to complete by early November.