City Of New Orleans: Traffic Advisory: Temporary Closure Of Royal/Conti Intersection For Utility Upgrades Extended To Mid-June

Press release from the City of New Orleans:

May 21, 2021

About RoadworkNOLA

The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW) and Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) are working together to implement an unprecedented program to restore our damaged infrastructure. Using local and federal funds, the $2.3 billion program is the most comprehensive that our region has seen in a generation. 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ROADWORKNOLA

• More than $2.3 billion worth of DPW / SWBNO work across the City

• • Includes FEMA-funded roadwork work via the approximately $2 billion Joint Infrastructure (JIRR) Program
  • $250 million FEMA-funded Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) projects
  • $141 million HUD-funded National Disaster Resiliency Competition (NDRC) grant projects
  • SWB-funded Sewer System Evaluation and Rehabilitation Program (SSERP) (sewer consent decree)
  • City-funded bond project work

• Nearly 200 individual projects -- every neighborhood will feel this positive impact
• Project schedules coordinated to minimize construction-related impacts
• Economic opportunity for the City’s small and disadvantaged businesses
• Proactive communications so that residents are well informed throughout the program

This press release was produced by the City of New Orleans. The views expressed here are the author’s own.