NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today announced that the Department of Public Works (DPW), alongside the Sewerage and Water Board New Orleans (SWBNO), began an approximately nine-month program earlier this month to help eradicate some of the long-standing service cuts around the city from repairs and/or new service connections. The Max Pave II program is an example of DPW and SWBNO working collaboratively to address a vital quality-of-life issue. The City will invest $8.6 million in bond funds to support this effort.
“Max Pave II underscores this administration’s commitment to addressing our city’s infrastructure matters at every level, prioritizing quality of life for all residents,” said Sarah McLaughlin Porteous, Acting Director of DPW. “DPW and SWBNO will continue to work collaboratively to ensure forward progress in our infrastructure programs.”
This repaving program will address cuts on local streets with permanent paving through one or more contracts. The City’s contractor for the first contract, Fleming Construction Company, began assessments in preparation for repaving cuts on the Westbank last week. Fleming is expected to address about 550 locations as part of their contract. Residents will be notified by flyer when work is being performed on their block and given advance notice of work that would impact driveway and walkway access.
The City’s work will be performed in the following sequence, working in neighborhoods with fewer blocks under construction and that do not have planned construction projects in the near future:
- Westbank/Zone 7
- Algiers Point
- Behrman
- Fischer Development
- McDonogh
- New Aurora-English Turn
- Old Aurora
- Tall Timbers-Brechtel
- U.S Naval Base
- Whitney
- East Bank/Zone 10
- Florida Area
- St. Claude
- St. Roch South
- Bywater
- East Bank/ Zone 12
- Holy Cross
- Lower Ninth Ward NE
- Lower Ninth Ward NW
- Lower Ninth Ward South
- East Bank Zone 10
- Treme-Lafitte
- Seventh Ward
- Fairgrounds
- East Bank Zone 6
- French Quarter
- Marigny
- CBD
A map of the blocks within the zones can be found here. Once the abovementioned work has been completed and as funding allows, the City will shift crews into other zones and neighborhoods identified on the map.
“This partnership with the Department of Public Works is about maximizing funds and capacity,” said Ghassan Korban, Executive Director of SWBNO. “We recently hired a new Deputy General Superintendent, Steve Nelson, who is focusing on paving as a priority. We are grateful to our partners at the City for their continued collaboration and support.”
In 2022, SWBNO completed over 2,800 paving restorations. The current amount of open paving work orders is around 2,100.
Please visit roadwork.nola.gov for more information on Max Pave II. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov.
To better serve our residents with more timely communication, RoadworkNOLA is in the process of building our 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
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- 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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