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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Article VII, Section 23(C) of the Louisiana Constitution and La. R.S. 47:1705(B) that a public hearing of the New Orleans City Council, the governing authority of Orleans Parish, will be held at its regular meeting place, the New Orleans City Council Chamber, Room 1E07, City Hall, located at 1300 Perdido St, New Orleans, LA 70112 on November 5, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. to consider levying additional or increased millage rates without further voter approval, or adopting the adjusted millage rates after reassessment and rolling forward to rates not to exceed the prior year’s maximum authorized millage rates.

The estimated amount of tax revenues to be collected in the next tax year from the increased millage is $297,337,596.11, compared to $255,082,640.68 in tax revenues for the current year. The estimated amount of increase in taxes attributable to the millage increase is $42,254,955.43.

For Fiscal Year 2026, the City of New Orleans has adopted a total operating budget of approximately $1,592,417,236, including approximately $1,592,417,236 in budgeted revenues and $1,592,417,236 in budgeted expenditures.

The City’s complete Fiscal Year 2026 adopted budget, including detailed revenues and expenditures by fund, department, and revenue source, is available at https://nola.gov/next/mayors-office/topics/budget/.

August 2, 2024 | From City of New Orleans

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Lane Closure on 100 block of North Broad Street

100 N Broad

 

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today announced that Department of Public Works (DPW) contractor Hard Rock Construction, LLC will be performing a lane closure on the 100 block of North Broad Street starting Monday, Aug. 5 through Monday, Sept. 2 to accommodate the utility work as part of the Iberville, Tulane-Gravier, LGD, CBD Group A project. Local traffic will be accommodated to enter and exit the neighborhood.

Signage and traffic control measures, such as barrels and fencing, will be onsite to direct drivers and pedestrians. Motorists are advised to use caution during this time as road closures and detours will be in effect. Residents and businesses in this area have been notified of the closure through a neighborhood canvass.

The $21.8 million Iberville, Tulane-Gravier, LGD, CBD Group A project was designed by GreenPoint Engineering and is being constructed by Hard Rock Construction, LLC. Click here to view the community meeting presentation and map of the project.

The scope of work varies by block but includes repairing sewage, water and drainage lines, as well as rebuilding the street entirely and repairing sidewalks and curbs. In general, the contractor is working from 7 a.m. until sunset, Monday through Friday. The entire project is scheduled to be complete by Fall 2025, weather permitting.  

Since May 2018, DPW has completed 206 projects with an estimated value of $959 million. Today, 34 roadwork projects are under construction with an estimated value of nearly $685 million.
  

For more information, visit roadwork.nola.gov. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov.

To better serve residents with more timely communication, RoadworkNOLA is in the process of building a 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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