April 30, 2026 | From City of New Orleans
City of New Orleans Announces City Services and Infrastructure Improvements to Algiers
NEW ORLEANS – Today, Mayor Helena Moreno, District C Councilmember Freddie King, III, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Michael Harrison, Deputy CAO of Infrastructure Steve Nelson, Criminal Justice Coordinator Daniel Shanks, and community partners announced a series of improvements in city services and infrastructure to Algiers’ Tullis Drive. Those improvements include 200 filled potholes, 30 fixed streetlights, addressed illegal dumping along the neutral ground, restored access to an RTA bus stop, water main repairs, and addressed blighted property issues. City leaders made the announcement on the site of a blighted property that was an abandoned carwash that, after engagement with the property owner, was torn down.
This announcement comes thanks to coordinated efforts from Mayor Moreno’s Infrastructure Coordinating Council, an advisory committee designed to expedite and coordinate street maintenance, city services and capital infrastructure projects. Street paving crews began filling potholes on Tullis Drive the week of March 23. Mayor Moreno and Councilmember King were on the West Bank’s Tullis Drive on March 28 for a site clean up where sanitation crews addressed several issues. On April 14, All Star Electric began repairs on 30 streetlights on Tullis Drive providing much needed public safety enhancements where residents had previously been living in the dark.
“I campaigned to ensure all New Orleanians had access to Super Bowl level services,” said Mayor Helena Moreno. “This is just the beginning of keeping that promise. For far too long, residents in Algiers felt forgotten because they simply haven’t been engaged in this way. Councilmember King is a constant resource here, but that was it. We’re fixing that and we’re committed to staying on the West Bank supporting our citizens like we would in other parts of the city.”
“The people of Algiers deserve consistent basic services and infrastructural support that we see in the French Quarter and Central Business District,” said District C Councilmember Freddie King, III. “Historically, Algiers, and specifically Tullis Drive have gone unnoticed by mayoral leadership of New Orleans. The people here will consistently tell us that they’ve never seen a mayor in their neighborhood. Now they feel seen and supported and this is only the beginning of our commitment to ensuring the West Bank has the support they’ve needed all along. I appreciate the Moreno Administration for tackling these issues and look forward to more improvements in the coming weeks and months. This is only the beginning.”
“Risk terrain modeling shows that once we fix streetlights and potholes, residents not only take pride in their community, but public safety also improves,” said Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Michael Harrison. “People deserve to feel safe and seen. Working with violence prevention partners like UBUNTU Village allows us the opportunity to directly partner with the community in a way that identifies the issues they need addressed so we can get to work for our citizens in a way they can truly appreciate.”
“This is what happens when great ideas meet execution with coordinating across departments,” said Deputy CAO of Infrastructure Steve Nelson. “The Infrastructure Coordinating Committee meets weekly to discuss areas of opportunity to provide Super Bowl level results across the city of New Orleans. And we’re just getting started. Now that we have employees in-house, under the direction of deputy director Shannon blanks, we can address a lot of our recurring issues, New Orleanians will see the fruits of that labor with crews out in their neighborhoods and on their streets making this beautiful city an even better place to live.”
“Public safety starts with delivering basic city services—clean streets, working lights, and addressing infrastructure,” said Criminal Justice Coordinator Daniel Shanks. “When the city consistently delivers on those fundamentals, it builds trust, restores pride, and creates the conditions for safer neighborhoods.”
“We know that true safety comes not from oppression and control, but from supportive communities where everyone is treated with humanity and has what they need, particularly in basic city services, to thrive,” said Danny Allen with Ubuntu Village. “By taking care of each other, we’re creating the healthy village we all need and deserve. I appreciate Mayor Moreno, Councilmember King and all City of New Orleans employees who came together to make sure that Algiers has the support they’ve always needed and had not received for a long time.”
Thanks to the coordination of city resources in sanitation, DPW, law enforcement, Parks and Parkways, the City of New Orleans has been able to deliver these results along Tullis Drive:
- 30 Street lights fixed
- 2 Watermain repairs – 5757 Tullis Drive, 5701 Tullis Drive
- Blighted property addressed – 6000 Tullis Drive (Abandoned Carwash)
- Illegal dumping addressed – Neutral Ground on entire Tullis Drive
- 1 Sidewalk repair – 5800 Block of Tullis Drive
- 1 Sidewalk installation – Behrman Hwy and Tullis Drive
- 1 Overgrown lot – 5884 Tullis Drive
- 200 Potholes filled
- Trees removed on neutral ground
- Significant number of trees maintained
- Restored access to a bus stop
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