New Orleans expects to partially open Rampart near collapsed Hard Rock site in May Share Updated: 5:13 PM CDT Apr 28, 2021 Share Updated: 5:13 PM CDT Apr 28, 2021
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Show Transcript RIGHT BACK HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE HARD ROCK HOTEL COLLAPSE SITE. THE DEMO IS COMPLETE. WE ALSO KNOW CANAL STREET IS BACK OPEN, BUT WHAT ABOUT RAMPART? HERE’S WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU SO FAR TODAY NEW ORLEANS CITY LEADERS JUST SAID RAMPART PART OF IT WILL LIKELY START TO REOPEN BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. THEY SAID THE CANAL STREETCAR LINE COULD BE OPEN BY JULY WDSU HAS TALKED TO SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS SIN THE HARD ROCK CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSE THAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 12TH OF 2000, YOU KNOW SOME ODD YEARS AGO AND BUSINESS OWNERS. TELL US IT’S BEEN A LONG 18 MONTHS. WHILE IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING 18 MONTHS. WE ARE SEEING LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. WE ARE SEEIN MORE AND MORE REGULAR LONG-TIME CUSTOMERS AND SEEING MORE NEW CUSTOMERS. S
Canal Street open both sides to traffic near Hard Rock collapse site Share Updated: 6:24 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 Share Updated: 6:24 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript AUBRY: THIS IS A DAY AND MOMENT THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS ALL ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. BEHIND ME, I SEE SOME MOVE THE CARS LINING UP. WE WERE THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE WERE COVERING A STORY ON THE STREET REOPENING. THEN THE CARS STARTED MOVING. YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVER RIGHT HERE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS MOMENT. WE HAVE JODI JOINING US. YOU SAW THIS AND CAME OVER. EXPLAIN. I GOT THE POP UP ON MY PHONE AND WAS SO EXCITED IT HAS FINALLY REOPENED. THINK OF WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THEY GET THE STREETCAR HOOKED UP AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE OPENING AGAIN FOR BROADWAY IN NEW ORLEANS. THEN FOR THE TOURISTS TO COME DOWN HERE. THE HOTELS THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE DISRUPTION, AND ALL OF US, THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING. YOU SEEMED EMOTIONAL. GOD REST THE