Mayor
Landrieu and RTA To Celebrate Launch
of
New North Rampart Street/St. Claude Avenue Streetcar
NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, October 3, 2016, Mayor Mitch
Landrieu and the New Orleans
Regional Transit Authority (RTA) officials will join New Orleans residents
and business owners to celebrate the launch of the new $41.5 million bond
funded North Rampart Street/St. Claude Avenue Streetcar line extension.
Back on track for the first time since 1949, streetcars are
now operating along the North Rampart Street/St. Claude Avenue corridor for 1.6
miles from Canal Street to Elysian Field Avenue serving the French Quarter,
Iberville, Treme-Lafitte, Seventh Ward and Marigny.
Media Advisory
WHO: Mayor Mitch Landrieu
Sharonda Williams, RTA Board Chair
Justin Augustine, RTA General Manager and VP of Transdev
City Councilmembers
Residents and local business owners
WHAT: Celebrate the Launch of the New North Rampart
Street/St. Claude Avenue Streetcar
WHEN: Monday, October 3, 2016
2 p.m.
WHERE: Louis Armstrong Park
701 N. Rampart St.
New Orleans, LA 70116
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