Traffic Advisory: Temporary Lane Closures on Franklin Avenue
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today announced that beginning Thursday, Dec. 21, weather permitting, Department of Public Works (DPW) contractor, Command Construction Industries, LLC, will shift existing lane closures on Franklin Avenue from Mithra Street to Frankfort Street for northbound and southbound vehicular traffic to accommodate construction on the Milneburg Group A construction project.
During this time, crews will be removing and replacing sections of damaged roadway on the interior lanes closest to the neutral ground, which will limit traffic to one lane in each direction between Mithra Street and Frankfort Street. There will be temporary closures to intersection crossovers along Franklin Avenue as crews are working. The temporary lane closure will begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21 and will remain in effect for approximately four weeks. Residents in this area were notified of the closure through a neighborhood canvassing effort.
The $15.4 million Milneburg Group A project was designed by Mott MacDonald, Inc., and is being constructed by Command Construction Industries, 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, 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 completed by the summer of 2024, weather permitting.
Please visit roadwork.nola.gov for more information. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov.
Since May 2018, DPW has completed 178 projects with an estimated value of $750 million. Today, 49 roadwork projects are under construction with an estimated value of nearly $692 million.
To better serve our residents with more timely communication, RoadworkNOLA is in the process of building our 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 whole profile and select the “roadwork” alert list.
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