Phase II – Napoleon Avenue
NEW ORLEANS -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract to provide increased drainage for the Uptown area. The contract includes canal improvements along Napoleon Avenue between South Claiborne and Carondelet Street. The project, which is part of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Damage Reduction Project (SELA), will reduce the risk of damages from a rainfall event that has a chance of occurring once in every ten years.
On September 14, the Corps awarded a $54.2 million contract to Louisiana-based Boh Brothers Construction Company, LLC. The approximately 34-month contract calls for constructing 4,200 feet of covered canal, as well as relocating the sewer and water lines to accommodate the project. A notice to proceed will be issued later this month and construction will be completed in the winter of 2014.
The Corps will continue to work closely with its partners at the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans on the SELA program. To date, a total of 12 SELA contracts have been awarded in Orleans Parish, with work completed on 8 of those projects. All scheduled SELA work in Orleans Parish should be finished in 2017.
Release no. 11-019