The Gentilly Resilience District (GRD) is a combination of resilience programs and projects in the targeted area of Gentilly, designed to reduce flood risk, slow land subsidence, improve energy reliability and spur neighborhood revitalization. 

Fleming Construction is now excavating and grading the Dwyer Canal before planting vegetation that will help absorb storm water and slow down flooding in the Pontchartrain Park community.

The $15M Pontilly Neighborhood Stormwater Network project includes an array of storm water interventions such as bioswales and street basins, all designed to reduce flood risks.  The project is nearly 10 percent complete.   

New Orleans is one of the oldest cities in America with an aging drainage system.  City officials, thought leaders and the community recognize that we will not be able to mitigate flood risks by simply pumping our way out of the problem - new and innovative approaches are needed to better manage stormwater.  Green infrastructure is rethinking how we as a city are ‘Living with Water’. 

This large scale drainage development is a massive “gray green” infrastructure project that is among the first of its kind in New Orleans and will address localized flooding in the Lafitte community.  Command Construction crews have installed storage tanks beneath the 100-year field in Easton Park that, when tied into the drainage system, can hold more than 1.2 million gallons of storm water.