City Government / flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published December 13, 2023
Construction on the $31 million Mirabeau Water Garden project is officially underway, according to the Mayor’s Office. This 25-acre site on Mirabeau Avenue between Bayou St. John and the London Avenue Canal will be engineered into a blue-green park, including...
Pontchartrain Park and Gentilly Woods residents are invited to a meeting on the planned revitalization the Dwyer Canal. Instead of separating the two neighborhoods, the area will be redeveloped to better connect them. City officials are asking residents for input...
City officials broke ground Wednesday (May 10) on the Oak Park drainage upgrades, marking the start of a project designed to help alleviate flooding in the Filmore neighborhood. The work will include increasing the capacity of subsurface drainage between local...
flood protection and drainage / Traffic & Construction / transportation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 16, 2023
Sewerage and Water Board contractor Wallace C. Drennan has implemented a temporary lane closure in the 2700 block of St. Bernard Avenue between Broad and Paris streets for approximately five weeks. The closure is necessary to accommodate waterline installation work...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / transportation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 31, 2023 · Last modified April 3, 2023
Beginning Monday (April 3), the 4900 block of Painters Street, extending into the Mirabeau Avenue intersection, will be closed for drainage work. It is set to reopen on Friday, May 12, at 5 p.m. The closure will restrict parking for...
Advertiser's Message / business / Events / flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by James Phelps · Published March 16, 2023 · Last modified March 15, 2023
Companies pitch solutions to New Orleans pressing water issues! Environmentally-minded entrepreneurs will present their water companies to a panelist of water industry leaders and pitch their solutions to the most pressing water-related issues facing our community from 2:00pm – 3:30pm,...
City Government / community meetings / flood protection and drainage / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 9, 2023
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger Some major Gentilly Resilience District projects are shovel-ready after years of planning, the city’s Sustainability and Resilience officials told a gathering of Gentilly residents this week. On Tuesday night (March 7), the Gentilly Resilience District...
flood protection and drainage / Traffic & Construction
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 15, 2023
The City of New Orleans today announced that beginning Monday (Jan. 16), the lakebound lanes in the 5200 block of Paris Avenue will temporarily close to accommodate drainage work as part of the Gardena Drive (St. Bernard Avenue – Paris...
flood protection and drainage / Good Works / Sustainability
by Gentilly Messenger · Published October 13, 2022
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL) is returns to Pontchartrain Park beginning this weekend (Oct. 14-15) as a continuation of the Reforesting Pontchartrain Park Project. Last year the transformation of this historic neighborhood began as trees were installed to create a...
Photos of the Bayou St. John flooding last week have been released by District D Councilman Eugene Green. Residents up and down Bayou St. John on Wednesday (Sept. 21) woke up to an unexpected flood. Without a drop of rain...
City Government / flood protection and drainage
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 6, 2022 · Last modified September 7, 2022
The District D Neighborhood Engagement Office will host a Coffee on Your Corner on Sept. 15 at the Old Road Coffee Shop, 2024 Bayou Road. The topic will be street drainage and environmental health, including water infrastructure and homeless encampments....
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and city of New Orleans recently announced a $5 million expansion of the Community Adaptation Program for low- to moderate-income homeowners to manage stormwater on their properties across the city. To date, NORA has...
