infrastructure

Michael Hecht shares the status of the city's key infrastructure projects.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will receive $500,000 for Claiborne from the Reconnecting Communities program, a new federal initiative that aims to bridge disadvantaged neighborhoods cut off by past infrastructure decisions. But that's far less than what the state has envisioned for the project.

When the Claiborne Expressway was built through the Tremé, it decimated what some remember as the Black Wall Street of New Orleans. It’s been called a textbook example of America’s racist highway history. Now, there’s a new federal program to address that past — and a few ideas in New Orleans for how to best use the money.

Louisiana is set to receive its first round of federal infrastructure dollars for five transportation projects across the state, including the proposed commuter rail service connecting Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards rolled out an executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that features significant new investments in education at every level and infrastructure projects.

The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board announced Tuesday that it will begin modernizing sewer pipelines across the city, thanks in part to a $275 million federal loan.

Louisiana’s deteriorating water infrastructure needs immediate upgrades but state lawmakers say only $23 million in federal aid has reached local water and sewer systems.

Hours before signing his landmark infrastructure bill into law, President Joe Biden announced that former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will lead a White House task force to oversee the $1.2 trillion spending plan.

A new study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the federal government should spend $3.2 billion to maintain the levee system around New Orleans over…

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