September 19, 2025 | From City of New Orleans
Temporary Road Closure: The 1000 Block of Orange Street
NEW ORLEANS —The City of New Orleans today announced that beginning Monday, Sept. 22, weather permitting, the Office of Resilience & Sustainability’s contractor RNGD Infrastructure LLC will implement a temporary road closure in 1000 block of Orange Street between Magazine Street and Constance Street to begin drainage and roadway repairs for the DPS01 Watershed (Broadmoor HMGP) Drainage Upgrades and Green Infrastructure Project (Phase I).
The temporary road closure will remain in effect until 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. Traffic on Orange Street will be detoured to Race Street to access Magazine Street or Richard Street to access Tchoupitoulas Street. During this project, the contractor will work from 7 a.m. until sunset, Monday through Friday.
The DPS 01 Watershed Drainage Upgrades and Green Infrastructure project is a two-phased implementation approach to reduce flooding, particularly in the Broadmoor and Central City neighborhoods, and implement green infrastructure (GI) features in the stormwater drainage system to reduce runoff and create and enhance public landscape and park amenities. This will be accomplished by upgrading the City’s stormwater drainage infrastructure to include stormwater detention features, infiltration, and landscape features along with street upgrades. Click here to view the factsheet with more information about Phase 1 of this project.
To learn more about construction happening in other locations as a part of this project, visit https://nola.gov/next/stormwater-green-infrastructure/topics/projects/broadmoor-dps01/.
To better serve residents with more timely communication, the Office of Resilience & Sustainability is in the process of building a distribution list to provide important construction updates via 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.
Questions about this project or the Office of Resilience & Sustainability should be directed to 504.658.7623 or by emailing ors@nola.gov.
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