INFRASTRUCTURE
Cantrell calls for $84 million a year in infrastructure spending, bringing S&WB into City Hall
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
August 31, 2017
In the midst of new concerns about the reliability of the Sewerage & Water Board’s drainage system and longstanding...Landrieu considers stormwater fees to pay for New Orleans drainage system upgrades
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 29, 2017
Mayor Mitch Landrieu is in the early stages of a plan to put a stormwater management fee proposal before the New...What will it take to fix the Sewerage and Water Board? Editorial
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 27. 2017
An emergency management team led by former Louisiana Recovery Authority director Paul Rainwater took over the Sewerage & Water Board last...City Council ‘didn’t care until everything went south’ at S&WB: J.P. Morrell
By Richard Rainey
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 17, 2017
As state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has watched the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board endure withering accusations of being asleep...
New Director of Aviation Discusses Airport Growth, Economic Impact and Global Connectivity
July 27, 2017
Kevin Dolliole, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s new Director of Aviation, spoke at a BGR Breakfast Briefing sponsored...
BGR Again Wins National Awards for Research
July 27, 2017
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) won two awards from the Governmental Research Association (GRA) at its national conference...New Orleans airport’s new director describes plans for growth, new terminal
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
July 27, 2017
Though he’s only a few weeks into the job, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s new boss is working in...First projects in New Orleans’ multibillion-dollar street repair campaign behind schedule
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
June 26, 2017
New Orleans’ ambitious plan to pour billions of dollars into fixing its crumbling streets is already behind schedule before...Traffic cam money pads the general fund
By Tommy Tucker
Source: WWL Radio
May 30, 2017
A new report from the Bureau of Government Research says New Orleans isn’t using ANY traffic camera money to...A discussion of street maintenance and how to pay for it with Amy Glovinsky, President of BGR
By Janae Pierre
Source: WWNO
May 26, 2017
This week on All Things New Orleans, we chat with Stand with Dignity’s lead organizer, Toya Lewis, about a...