INFRASTRUCTURE
Addressing the State of the French Quarter at June 26 Breakfast Briefing
June 26, 2024
Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing entitled “French Quarter in Focus: A Conversation on the State of the Vieux...
How can Jefferson Parish hide its ugly drainage canals? There’s a new idea in the works.
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 29, 2024
After years of handwringing over how to spruce up its unsightly and often unsafe drainage canals, Jefferson Parish is...Severe storms overtopped Jefferson Parish canals for the first time in 10 years
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 17, 2024
Last Wednesday’s severe weather overwhelmed Jefferson Parish’s drainage infrastructure, causing widespread street flooding — and for the first time...
Addressing Jefferson Parish Infrastructure at April 16 Breakfast Briefing
April 16, 2024
Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing with Cynthia Lee Sheng, Jefferson Parish President, and Mark Drewes, Director of the...
Here’s how Landry plans to reorganize the state’s coastal protection authority
By Daily Report Staff
Source: Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
April 15, 2024
This article is available to paid subscribers only at the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report website. To read BGR’s...Landry administration reorganizing state’s coastal protection authority
By Steve Wilson
Source: The Center Square
April 15, 2024
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana conducted a web forum to discuss Gov. Jeff Landry administration’s initiative to...Learn about Jefferson Parish Infrastructure Strategies at April 16 Event
By Rich Collins
Source: Biz New Orleans
April 9, 2024
METAIRIE, La. — The Bureau of Governmental Research is hosting a “breakfast briefing” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m....
Flood of suggestions
By Delaney Dryfoos
Source: The Lens
April 4, 2024
After focusing on “the frequent failures” of the city’s Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, Gov. Jeff Landry’s...
Change ahead for the S&WB? Here’s how a proposed law could reshape the troubled utility.
By Jerry DiColo
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 3, 2024
A New Orleans lawmaker late Tuesday submitted a bill that would make sweeping changes to how the Sewerage &...New Orleans lawmaker files bill to take over S&WB, in line with Jeff Landry’s task force plan
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 2, 2024
A New Orleans-based lawmaker filed legislation late Tuesday to dismiss the local overseers of the beleaguered Sewerage and Water...