NEW ORLEANS — Beginning today, Thursday, July 10 (weather permitting), the Office of Stormwater & Green Infrastructure’s contractor, RNGD Infrastructure, LLC, will implement a temporary lane reduction beginning at the intersection of S. Claiborne Avenue and Jackson Avenue to perform waterline repairs for the DPS01 Watershed (Broadmoor HMGP) Drainage Upgrades and Green Infrastructure Project (Phase I).  

 

The temporary closure will remain in effect until 5 p.m. on August 1. Traffic continuing S. Claiborne Avenue will be detoured to the left lane to continue travel until they reach Toledano Street where all three lanes will be open for travel. During this project, the contractor will be working from 7 a.m. until sunset, Monday through Friday.

 

The DPS 01 Watershed Drainage Upgrades and Green Infrastructure project is a two-phased implementation approach to reduce flooding, particularly in the Broadmoor and Central City neighborhoods, and to implement green infrastructure (GI) features in the stormwater drainage system to reduce runoff and create and enhance public landscape and park amenities. This will be accomplished by upgrading the City’s stormwater drainage infrastructure with green storage, infiltration, and filtration landscape features along with pipe and street upgrades. Storage will be added throughout the system to create a cascading effect that stores and detains runoff. The project also includes water and sewer improvements that are impacted by the stormwater improvements.

 

The DPS01 Watershed (Broadmoor HMGP) Drainage Upgrades and Green Infrastructure Project (Phase I) was designed by CDM Smith Inc. and is being constructed by RNGD Infrastructure, LLC. Click here to view the Factsheet with more information about Phase 1 of this project.

 

Please visit www.roadwork.nola.gov for more information. Questions about this project or the Office of Strategic Engagement should be directed to 504.658.7623 or by emailing ose@nola.gov. 

 

To better serve our residents with more timely communication, the Office of Strategic Engagement is in the process of building our distribution list to provide important construction updates via text messaging.  To sign up, you can text ROADWORK to 77295 or go to ready.nola.gov/alerts to create a profile and select the “roadwork” alert list.

                              

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT

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 THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT  

• 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  

To learn more about construction happening in other locations as a part of this project, please visit the project page here: https://nola.gov/next/stormwater-green-infrastructure/topics/projects/broadmoor-dps01/