This month, Command Construction, LLC began working on sidewalks, driveway aprons, curbs, and gutter installations along St. Phillip Street, Gov. Nicholls Street, North Johnson Street, and Bayou Road. Crews also started laying asphalt in the 1700-1900 blocks of N. Johnson, Gov. Nicholls, Ursulines streets and Bayou Road. The work is part of the $6.3M Treme-Lafitte Group A infrastructure and road improvement project.

The St. Claude Drainage Improvement Project project, which began in late 2019, is substantially complete. The contractor is finishing up a punch list and clean-up activities in January. The $1.5M infrastructure improvement project was designed by Waggoner Engineering and funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program. Infinity Construction is the contractor.

All water main installations have been completed between Robert E. Lee Boulevard and Amethyst Street, and crews began prepping the roadway for the binder layer of asphalt installation this month. Crews also started creating forms for new concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveway aprons along the southbound lanes. The project is on schedule to be complete in March 2021, weather permitting.

On January 21, 2021, Mayor Cantrell alongside District D Councilman Broussett and District C Councilwoman Kristin Palmer visited Bayou St. John, Fairgrounds, Seventh Ward Group B’s LePage Street to break ground on the $23M infrastructure improvement  project. This month, Barriere construction crews began drainage work and are expected to begin test closures in preparation for future water line tie-ins next month. Crews are also working on roadway and sidewalk restoration work.

In November, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) began an improvement project along North Claiborne between Poydras Street and St. Bernard Avenue, as well as on LA 39 from St. Bernard Avenue to the west side of the Judge Seeber Bridge.