City of New Orleans to Break Ground on Norman Mayer Library in Gentilly (Dec. 28, 2009) - City Council Member Cynthia Hedge Morrell (District D), New Orleans Public Library Chief Operating Officer Rica Trigs, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Cynthia Sylvain- Lear and members of the Gentilly community will celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a new library. One of five new libraries slated to be built at a total cost of more than $27.5 million. The ceremony will take place on December 29th at 10 am on site at 2098 Foy Street.

City Begins Reconstruction of Final Phase of Robert E. Lee Boulevard (Dec. 21, 2009) - The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works has begun the reconstruction of Robert E. Lee Boulevard from Paris Avenue to Pratt Drive. Previously, other sections of Robert E. Lee Boulevard from the 17th Street Canal to Elysian Fields Avenue received repairs as part of various programs. The section from Paris Avenue to Pratt Drive is the final segment to be repaired.

City and Board of Liquidation Sell $40 Million in Bonds to Continue Citywide Street Repairs (Dec. 17, 2009) - Yesterday, the City of New Orleans' Chief Financial Officer, Reginald Zeno, the Chief Administrative Officer's Capital Projects Administration and the Board of Liquidation sold $40 million in bonds to continue street, road and bridge reconstruction and repairs citywide. In Sept. 2009, the City requested the sale of bonds following a letter from Mayor C. Ray Nagin asking the Board to consider the $40 million bond issue as opposed to the $80 million bond issue that had been delayed since 2008.

City of New Orleans, DOTD, New Orleans RPC Hold Construction Commencement Ceremony on Final TIMED Segment of Earhart Boulevard (Dec. 16, 2009) - The City of New Orleans, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and New Orleans Regional Planning Commission (RPC) held a construction commencement ceremony today for the final Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development (TIMED) segment of Earhart Boulevard. The project will repair a heavily damaged one-mile stretch of Earhart Boulevard.

City and Sewerage & Water Board Begin Rehabilitation of Jourdan Avenue in Lower Ninth Ward (Dec. 11, 2009) - The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works and the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans are pleased to announce the beginning of construction on Jourdan Avenue from the N. Claiborne Avenue bridge to Florida Avenue in the Lower Ninth Ward. This roadway was heavily damaged as a result of a levee breach following the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.