French Quarter roadwork impacts nearby businesses
French Quarter roadwork impacts nearby businesses By Olivia Vidal | May 10, 2021 at 10:17 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 10:17 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - City contract construction crews are once again tearing up streets in the French Quarter, including portions of Bourbon Street. The work has some business owners wondering why.
Roadwork is taking place in the 800 block of Bourbon St., an area that had just been repaired not long ago.
“It’s so frustrating,” said Josh Duffy, owner of Bourbon Pride, a souvenir shop on Bourbon St. The construction project is only feet away from his shop and he said projects like this are concerning because the City never gave business owners like him a heads up.
City of New Orleans, S&WB to begin major street upgrades in the French Quarter
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Major street project to begin in New Orleans French Quarter
March 15, 2021
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Some residents in New Orleans’ French Quarter can expect noise and shaking as the city embarks on a major street project.
The project is set to begin Monday, when crews will start digging up part of Conti Street, between Royal on Bourbon, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.
The $4.3 million project will involve cutting out the street and replacing underground water, sewer and gas pipes and rebuilding the block.
The stretch will be closed to vehicles, but city officials said businesses will remain accessible throughout the eight-month project.
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Without the Mardi Gras parades, Mobile rolls on with road construction
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Posted Feb 13, 2021
Crews are busy at work along Royal Street in February 2021. Typically, road work is halted during Mardi Gras in Mobile so the roads are cleared for the parades. But without any parades in 2021, the road work has continued without much delay. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
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Gina Jo Previto is not about to spread a conspiracy theory involving the carved up Royal Street in front of her downtown business and the lack of Mardi Gras parades.
But she’s wondered why the downtown Mobile road project in front of the nightclub she manages has lasted well into Mardi Gras season. The road is part of the regular parade route during Carnival, and any road construction would have disrupted the annual two-plus-weeks of revelry.
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