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MAYOR ANNOUNCES ONGOING STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT UNDERWAY

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MAYOR ANNOUNCES ONGOING STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT UNDERWAY

CITY TO HOST RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY IN GENTILLY HIGHLIGHTING THE START OF A MAJOR PROJECT TO REPAIR MORE THAN 6,000 BLOCKS CITYWIDE

NEW ORLEANS, LA (March 10, 2008) – Today, Mayor C. Ray Nagin, the City of New Orleans’ Department of Public Works, along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the completion of FEMA eligible street repairs. The department also announced the start of a major citywide street repair project also approved by FEMA. The event took place on Wildair Drive between Warrington Drive and Filmore Street at 2:30 p.m.

"We continue to reach milestones in our recovery, and this event represents one step toward completing the task of rehabilitating our streets that were heavily damaged due to the devastation and flooding," Mayor Nagin said. "We've undertaken numerous smaller road projects through our partnership with the state and federal government. This department is working miracles to make sure our residents get better streets."

In 2007, the Department of Public Works repaired 347 sites with an approximate cost of $937,000. Though scattered throughout the city, repair work was focused primarily in Algiers, the Lower Ninth Ward, Lakeview, and Gentilly. The following nine sites were particularly critical since the City and FEMA used these sites as a model in predicting the scope of work required during the evaluation process:

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