City Of New Orleans: Martin Luther King Jr. Patch Mill Overlay Project

New Orleans LA

28 May, 2022

1:11 PM

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Press release from the City of New Orleans: May 26, 2022 NEW ORLEANS — On Friday, May 27, weather permitting, City of New Orleans Department of Public Works contractor, Boh Brothers Construction Company, LLC, will begin mobilization on the Martin Luther King Jr. (St. Charles – S. Claiborne) Patch Mill Overlay project. Parking restrictions and temporary changes to traffic patterns along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard will start at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, and will remain in effect throughout the duration of the project. Construction crews will be working the full length of the travel lane in each direction from St. Charles Avenue to S. Claiborne Avenue. Motorists should expect intermittent lane closures on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from St. Charles Avenue to S. Claiborne Avenue beginning at 7:30 a.m. Friday, May 27, to allow for roadway patching. Full lane closures and changes to traffic patterns will take effect Tuesday, May 31, beginning with a closure on S. Claiborne Avenue (US 90-W) heading uptown to the left-only turning lane for traffic turning towards Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Traffic will be temporarily reduced to one turning lane for traffic in order to accommodate new traffic patterns on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard during construction. Residents and businesses in this area have been notified of the project start and construction impacts by a neighborhood canvass and other efforts. The project team will work to minimize impacts to trash pick-up and postal deliveries and will address issues during construction raised from businesses and residents. During this time, crews will be completing roadway and subsurface utility repairs, which will require temporary changes to traffic and parking. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (St. Charles Avenue – S. Claiborne Avenue) will remain open to two-way traffic through the duration of construction. In the event of closures or detours, motorists will be notified through future traffic advisories. The project will be completed in two phases. The first phase will include patching and resurfacing the lane next to the neutral ground with traffic routed to the current parking lane. The second phase will shift the traffic to the newly paved travel lane with patching and resurfacing to be completed on the lanes next to the sidewalk. A travel lane will remain open in each direction throughout construction. More than $2.3 billion worth of DPW / SWBNO work across the City Includes FEMA-funded roadwork work via the approximately 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 Economic opportunity for the City's small and disadvantaged businesses Proactive communications so that residents are well informed throughout the program This press release was produced by the City of New Orleans. The views expressed here are the author's own.