Traffic & Transit
City Of New Orleans: Temporary Eastbound Lane Closure On Robert E. Lee Boulevard
Lane closure signs will be in place throughout construction; this closure is scheduled to reopen On October 21.
October 15, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today announced that beginning Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 at 7 a.m., weather permitting, Department of Public Works contractor Command Construction Industries, LLC, will temporarily limit eastbound traffic to one lane on the 2400 and 2500 blocks of Robert E. Lee Boulevard between Music and Painters streets.
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The eastbound lane adjacent to the parking lane will be closed for approximately three days to perform waterline work ahead of a planned tie-in to the existing water supply for the Milneburg Group A infrastructure improvement project.
Public safety is our priority; residents and commuters are reminded to use caution when driving, bicycling and walking near the construction site. Lane closure signs will be in place throughout construction; this closure is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m., weather permitting.
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During this time, street parking and/or driveway access will be impacted. Residents and visitors must adhere to any “No Parking” signs on the streets to avoid being ticketed and towed.
The $15.4M Milneburg Group A infrastructure improvement project calls for removing and replacing existing water and drainage lines, repairing the sewer line, repaving the roadway in asphalt, replacing damaged sidewalks and driveway aprons and installing Americans with Disabilities Act- compliant curb ramps at intersections. All work on this project is anticipated to be complete in winter 2021.
Since May 2018, DPW has completed 99 projects with an estimated value of $282M. Today, 69 projects are under construction with an estimated value of more than $600M.
Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov.
To better serve our residents with more timely communication, RoadworkNOLA 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 whole profile and select the “roadwork” alert list.
This press release was produced by the City of New Orleans. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
