08/21/2024 | Press release | Archived content
August 21, 2024 | From City of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - The City of New Orleans today announced that Department of Public Works (DPW) contractor Murphy Pipeline Contractors, LLC will be performing a lane closure on the lake-bound side of the 4300 block of Paris Avenue starting Monday, Aug. 26 through Monday, Sept. 30 to accommodate utility work as part of the Filmore South Group D project. The river-bound lane of the 4300 block of Paris Avenue will allow two-way traffic flow. Local traffic will be accommodated to enter and exit the neighborhood at Mandolin Street and Owens Boulevard.
Signage and traffic control measures, such as barrels and fencing, will be onsite to direct drivers and pedestrians. Motorists are advised to use caution during this time as road closures and detours will be in effect. Residents and businesses in this area have been notified of the closure through a neighborhood canvass.
The $17.5 million Filmore South Group D project was designed by C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC and is being constructed by Murphy Pipeline Contractors, LLC. Click here to view the community meeting presentation and map of the project. The scope of work varies by block but includes repairing sewage, water and drainage lines, as well as rebuilding the street entirely and repairing sidewalks and curbs. In general, the contractor is working from 7 a.m. until sunset, Monday through Friday. The entire project is scheduled to be complete by Spring 2025, weather permitting.
Since May 2018, DPW has completed 206 projects at an estimated value of $959 million. Today, 34 roadwork projects are under construction at an estimated value of nearly $685 million.
For more information, visit roadwork.nola.gov. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or [email protected].
To better serve residents with more timely communication, RoadworkNOLA is in the process of building a distribution list to provide important construction updates through text messaging. To sign up, text ROADWORK to 77295 or go to ready.nola.gov/alerts to create a profile and select the "roadwork" alert list.
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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 this region has seen in a generation.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ROADWORKNOLA
More than $2.3 billion in 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)
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