Beverly Construction Co. crews finished all roadway restoration work and began clean-up activities in the Village De L’Est Group B project area this month. Crews are finishing installation of sidewalks and driveway aprons and the contractor is addressing a few punch list items but the $7.3M Village De L’Est Group B infrastructure improvement project in New Orleans East was declared substantially complete in January.

Fleming Construction crews, in close collaboration with Sewerage and Water Board New Orleans, continue to focus on underground utility installations and tie-ins of water lines on the Lower Ninth Ward Northeast Group B infrastructure improvement project. Crews are performing water line work in the 1800 block of Tupelo Street and plan to complete all water line work between North Derbigny and North Galvez streets during the month of December.  Residents will continue to be notified of work that will impact their access and/or cause disruption to their utilities.

Wallace C. Drennan, Inc. crews continue to work weekends to remain on schedule on the  Lower Ninth Ward Northwest Group B project.  Crews continue water line installations and tie-ins and have completed a substantial amount of the concrete pours along Reynes Street. Weekend work will continue through December with special considerations taken during the holidays. 

In December Command Construction crews continued water line installations, tie-ins and repairs on the Lower Ninth Ward South Group A infrastructure improvement project.  Crews continue water line work along Tennessee Street and plan to continue utility work in this area through the end of the year. 

Durr Construction crews began work on the Village De L’est Group C project in October but took a brief pause in November due to issues discovered during the excavation process. In close collaboration with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the contractor began the point repairs that would allow work to resume on the project in December.