Projects
Reconnecting New Orleans East Project

Background: The City of New Orleans announced on March 12, 2024, that it will receive a $61.5M award from the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program from the US Department of Transportation to improve safety and mobility along the I-10 Service Roads in New Orleans East.  The award follows a feasibility study that was initiated in 2022, in partnership with the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission (RPC) and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), to identify projects along the I-10 corridor to improve safety and mobility for people walking, bicycling, and using transit along the Service Roads. The feasibility study found that 6% of the City’s fatal crashes involving pedestrians occurred on the I-10 Service Roads in New Orleans East.  Through community meetings and stakeholder engagement, concepts were developed that laid the foundation for a strong and ultimately successful proposal for federal funding. The City and its partners will initiate an environmental review, project design, and community engagement in 2025 with construction completion in 2029.    

Project Scope: 

• Shared-use Walk and bike trails along the North and South Service Roads of I-10 between Dwyer Road and Vincent Canal near I-510 

• Trail connections at existing interchanges: Crowder Blvd and Bullard Ave (Read Blvd is funded under a different project and will be constructed before this project) 

• Three new non-motorized bridge crossings of the Interstate in the vicinity of Mayo Road, Bundy Road, and Wright Road 

• Lighting along the Service Roads and non-motorized bridges 

• Installation of Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps at intersections 

• Pedestrian crossing signals at major I-10 Service Road intersections 

 To view the full report, click here. 

Project Benefits: 

• Adding lighting and landscaping along the I-10 Service Roads and major intersections 

• Creating new opportunities for health and fitness 

• Connecting residents of all ages and abilities to destinations such as schools, parks, commercial areas, and institutional buildings.   

• Increasing traffic safety for the 64,000 people who use or live near the I-10 Service Roads 

• Linking the I-10 corridor to existing and future trails and greenspaces 

• Generating new infrastructure job opportunities 

Above: Exisiting Conditions

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Questions: 

• If you have any questions about the project, please Andrew Logan at 504-905-1561 or email at andrew.logan@nola.gov
• For media inquiries, contact our Communications Department at 504-658-4945 or us email at communications@nola.gov
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