The City of New Orleans has secured $16.3M for construction of the Mirabeau Water Garden to begin winter 2019.

Fleming Construction is continuing construction along the Mirabeau and Stephen Girard corridors. The preliminary “cut outs” on the road’s shoulder will be used to create bioswales, which are designed to slow down water to allow the city’s pumping system to catch up with its drainage demand.
 

On Thursday, June 13, 2019, The City of New Orleans Resilience Design Review Committee convened at the Norman Mayer Library to review the 30% design progress of the St. Anthony Green Streets project in the Gentilly Resilience District.

On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, the City of New Orleans’ Office of Resilience and Sustainability, Project Delivery Unit – Sustainable Infrastructure Team in partnership with the design team for the Milne Campus Resilience Project –       Dana Brown and Associates; co-hosted a youth engagement workshop. This outreach activity was programmed with multiple interactive stations, designed to educate and encourage youth feedback / participation with green infrastructure and stormwater management, as well as to inform project design – in a fun and engaging experience.

Command Construction Industries, LLC crews are installing underground water chambers designed to store more than three million gallons of water and reduce localized flooding at Easton Park.