The City of New Orleans has received notice that Orleans Parish will receive $1,982,628.00 from the State’s $1,058,690,549.00 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to assist in recovery and rebuilding activities within the parish as a result of the impact of Hurricane Gustav and Ike.

The City of New Orleans is considering any one of the three potential projects proposed by the Public Works Department that will be open to public comment in October. The three proposals are:

1. A street light asset management and monitoring program that would allow DPW to monitor street lights and outages .
2. A Roadway asset management system that would electronically survey and rate every street in the City.
3. The purchase of backup power generators for critical traffic intersections along evacuation routes.

In the links you will find more information about the Gustav Ike Recovery Projects on the State level. Click here to go to the State’s Office of Community Development Website: http://www.lra.louisiana.gov/

Projects:

• Action Plan Amendment1
• Action Plan Amendment2
• Technical Assistance Workshop
• Disaster Recovery Initiative

Contact Information:

DUBRAVKA GILIC, AICP
PROJECT DELIVERY UNIT
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,
1340 POYDRAS STREET, ROOM 917
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112
(phone: (504) 658-7019
dgilic@cityofno.com