City Of New Orleans: Traffic Advisory: 1850 Block Of N. Miro St. (From Annette St. To New Orleans St.)

New Orleans LA

08 June, 2022

5:42 AM

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Press release from the City of New Orleans: June 6, 2022 NEW ORLEANS — Today, weather permitting, the City of New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW) contractor Barriere Construction Company, LLC. will close the 1850 block of N. Miro St. to vehicular traffic for approximately one week to accommodate the installation of new utilities. Security fencing and signage will be installed around the affected intersection to prioritize public safety, and residents have been notified through a neighborhood canvass. The 1850 block of N. Miro St. between Annette and New Orleans streets will be closed to vehicular traffic while crews fully reconstruct the roadway with a new eight inch water main. Traffic will be detoured to Elysian Fields Ave. and then onto N. Claiborne Ave. Flaggers will be onsite to direct drivers and pedestrians. The block is expected to reopen by Monday, June 13. The entire Bayou St John, Fairgrounds, Seventh Ward Group B Project is scheduled to be completed in December 2022, weather permitting. In general, the contractor is working from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Since May 2018, DPW has completed 126 projects with an estimated value of $356 million. Today, 57 roadwork projects are under construction with an estimated value of nearly $632 million. This press release was produced by the City of New Orleans. The views expressed here are the author's own.