The City and DOTD recently began a nearly $3M, 40-day rehabilitation project on Marconi Drive and Orleans Avenue. Part of the project includes implementing a lane reconfiguration that will benefit all roadway users: people walking, driving, bicycling and taking transit.
- Based on the traffic volumes, the roadway will be redesigned to reduce speeding and shorten crossing distances.
- These changes will benefit people driving by reducing the likelihood and severity of crashes.
- The new configuration will create a safer and more comfortable experience walking along and across Marconi, from cars, from transit stops, from homes, and /or from City Park and Delgado.
- Marconi Drive will provide multiple transportation options to neighborhood residents, as well as people from across the City who access Delgado and City Park.
Click here for conceptual renderings of the new lane configuration.
The scope of work includes:
- Repairing some damaged sidewalks and driveway aprons;
- Repaving the roadway with asphalt and /or concrete;
- Installing Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps at intersections and new high-visibility crosswalks;
- Installing a new two-way protected bike lane on Marconi Drive alongside City Park;
- Installing a new river-bound protected bike lane on Orleans Avenue alongside Delgado Community College;
- Reconfiguring the roadway on Marconi Drive from two travel lanes and one parking lane to: one travel lane, one parking lane and one two-way protected bike lane; a left turning lane and one travel at Navarre Avenue;
- Reconfiguring the roadway on Orleans Avenue from two travel lanes and one parking lane to: one travel lane, one parking lane and one protected bike lane (at Orleans and City Park Avenue, both lanes and the right turning lane will remain in place); and
- Constructing a new ADA-compliant bus loading island on Marconi Drive and Orleans Avenue.
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the City of New Orleans Depart of Public Works have worked closely with Delgado Community College and City Park (Tad Gormley Stadium) to coordinate parking and access to the college and the stadium. Signage and parking instructions will be visibly posted throughout the duration of the project.
For more information about this project and other upcoming work, please visit Roadwork.nola.gov or call 504.658.ROAD (7623).