Nola Reporter

NEW ORLEANS —The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW) today announced that they will immediately close Marconi Drive between Navarre and Harrison avenues to all vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle traffic out of an abundance of caution due to an incident. 

This morning, a truck struck the Norfolk Southern Railroad track at the Marconi Underpass, which shifted both a support beam as well as the track. Currently, Norfolk Southern personnel are on site assessing the damage.

During this time, traffic will be detoured as follows: 

• Lakebound on Marconi: turn left onto Navarre, right onto Canal, right on Harrison and left onto Marconi Drive 
• Riverbound on Marconi: turn right onto Harrison, left onto Canal, left on Navarre and right onto Orleans Avenue

Public safety is our top priority; signage and traffic control measures will be in place to facilitate safe movement at all times. The detour will be lifted once the roadway is secure for public access.   

Please visit roadwork.nola.gov for more information. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov. 

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

 

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About RoadworkNOLA

The 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 ROADWORKNOLA   

• 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  

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