New Orleans' Pontchartrain Park and Gentilly Woods neighborhoods now benefit from the Pontilly Stormwater Network - an integrated infrastructure project advancing sustainability and flood protection. These measures include 37 detention ponds, 3 stormwater parks, 17 green alleyways, 1 bioswale, and numerous street basins. Collectively, these installations can capture as much as 9 million gallons of water per year, allowing it to infiltrate back into the soil rather than immediately enter the drainage system.
Another project within this network is the improvement of Dwyer Canal through tree-plantings, walking paths, lighting, and art installations.
Together these "green" measures will:
- Reduce flood risk from extreme weather
- Beautify communities with natural resilient features
- Absorb subsidence-causing water burdens
- Filter pollutants improving local water quality
The Pontilly Neighborhood Stormwater Network exemplifies forward-thinking solutions that can simultaneously strengthening climate adaptation, public spaces, quality of life, and the local ecology.
For more information, click the link below to view the project fact sheet:
Pontilly Stormwater Network Fact Sheet
Click the link below to view the pre-construction presentation delivered to project area residents on February 14, 2019 at Mary D. Coghill Charter School:
Pontilly Stormwater Network Pre-Construction Community Outreach Presentation