The safety and health of our contract workers is of the utmost importance as we continue with infrastructure projects across the city. We are encouraging our contractors to implement the below guidelines consistent with CDC recommendations at jobsites throughout the City.

There is an unprecedented amount of infrastructure work happening in our city – altogether more than $500M on our roadways and on our vertical construction projects and there is much more to come.

Westbound I-10 between St. Philip Street and Canal Street - the left lane will be closed on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, from 7:30 PM to 5:30 AM and the middle lane will be closed, reducing I-10 west to one lane, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM (ending Thursday, Feb. 25th); for crews to perform epoxy urethane overlay patching work.
 

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the inside westbound lane of the 100 block of City Park Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic so that crews can repair a leaning streetlight. Lane closure signs will be in place throughout the process; residents and commuters are reminded to use caution when driving, bicycling and walking near the area. 

The City of New Orleans is continuing to seek input for the reallocation and use of the $141 million in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) grant funding for the Gentilly Resilience District (GRD).