Traffic Advisory: Temporary Closure of Royal/Conti Intersection for Utility Upgrades Extended to Mid-June

The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works announced that the temporary closure at Conti and Royal streets will be extended until mid-June as crews continue upgrading the utilities underneath the intersection. Public safety is their priority; signage and flaggers will remain in place to direct vehicular and pedestrian traffic respectively. All businesses in this area are open during construction.

This work is part of the $4.3M Conti Full-Depth Reconstruction Project, which calls for removing and replacing the existing pavement, replacing and upsizing the existing drain lines and catch basins, replacing the existing water lines, repairing and/or replacing the existing sewer lines, replacing the existing low pressure gas lines with high pressure gas lines, replacing and/or repairing the existing underground electrical duct banks, replacing sidewalks and adding Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant curb ramps at intersections and a mid-block crossing at Exchange Place, as well as bollards the length of the block on the Esplanade side/4th Circuit Supreme Court.
Crews are working up to seven days each week from 8 a.m. until sunset. Once construction is completed in the 700-block of Conti roadway (anticipated in June 2021), the fence will be removed, and work will begin on the adjacent sidewalks. When all construction has been completed in the 700-block and Entergy Gas/Entergy Electric crews have wrapped up their upgrades in the 600-block of Conti Street, Hard Rock Construction crews will shift their operations into the 600-block roadway between Royal and Chartres streets.

The project, which was designed by Mott McDonald, LLC and is being constructed by Hard Rock Construction, LLC is anticipated to run through winter 2021 (approximately four months per block). Project partners include Entergy Electric, Entergy Gas, Cox Communications and AT&T.
Please visit www.roadwork.nola.gov for more information. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov.