The Hollygrove, Leonidas Group A project is making significant progress. Sewer line work is substantially complete, and pavement restoration work activity has increased throughout the project area. Crews began laying the bunder layer of asphalt (one of the last layers of asphalt installed for roadway restoration) in the following blocks in January:  2600 General Ogden; 8900 Belfast; 8200 and 8600 Zimpel; 900 - 1100 Dante; 800, 1200, and 1500  Cambronne; 1300 and 1700  Monroe; 8900  Jeannette; 8500 Birch; 8800  Green; 1800 Hamilton; and 2500 Joliet. 

The scope of work for the $15M infrastructure improvement project may include: replacing / repairing damaged underground water, sewer and / or drainage lines; repairing damaged curbs and gutters; patching the roadway with asphalt; replacing damaged sidewalks and driveway aprons; and installing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant curb ramps at intersections. Work is scheduled to be complete in spring 2021, weather permitting.

Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is the project designer, and Command Construction, LLC is the contractor. The project is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The presentation from the March 26, 2020, public meeting about the project is available here.

For more information about this project and other upcoming work, please visit roadwork.nola.gov or call 504.658.ROAD (7623).