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New Orleans Streetscape Project:  Landscaping and Beautification - Phase I  
     
 
The ride along Lake Forest Blvd. is a little nicer, safer and even healthier - especially for those walking and biking - now that the portion of the New Orleans Streetscape Project that was allocated to New Orleans East comes to completion.  The work focused mainly on the section of Lake Forest, from Read Blvd. to Wright Road. New post-mounted, lantern-styled lighting has been installed.  In addition to a walkway that winds its way down to Wright Road, a lighted benched seating area completes the corner at Read Blvd.  More importantly, safety has been greatly enhanced with the installation of a new sidewalk that extends down Lake Forest from the new library and Joe Brown Park. Clearly delineated and generously widen bike paths now make this stroll a very pleasant one - down one of our most beautiful boulevards.

 
 

Joan Heiser and Octave Rainey discuss project

[Before] - View from Wright Road Looking West on Lake Forest BLVD. - [After]
[Before] - View from READ BLVD. Looking West on Lake Forest BLVD. - [After]
 
 

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Work Begins...
Landscaping and beautification under the city's Streetscape initiative is underway.  Beginning with the laying of a sidewalk on Lake Forest Blvd, from Read Blvd. to Wright Road, the work will include new lighting, trees, benches and a bike lane.  These beautification and safety enhancements along this major thoroughfare are welcomed transformations in the community.

PROJECT BRIEF:
New Orleans East- Read Blvd. (I-10 Service Rd. to Dwyer Rd.), Crowder Blvd. (I-10 Service Rd. to Dwyer Rd.) and Lake Forest Blvd. (Bundy Rd. to Wright St.)
    New sidewalks along Lake Forest with access to the New Orleans East Regional Library and Joe Brown Park.
    New seating and trash receptacles at a small park at the corner of Lake Forest and Wright Rd.
    Installing a new walking path on Lake Forest Blvd from Wright Rd. to Read Blvd
    Adding about 140 additional lights, and more than 350 new trees.
    Developing a dedicated bike lane on Read, Crowder and Lake Forest boulevards.
Contractor:    Phoenix Global Construction and Command Construction, LLC
Start:   April 2012 Completion: Early 2013
Total Cost:   $3,000,000
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LEFT: APRIL 25, 2012 - INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS ON LAKE FOREST WHERE PREVIOUSLY NON EXISTED

RIGHT: MAY 15TH, 2012 -  SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE CREATING A BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE WALKWAY

 

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APRIL 25, 2012 MAY 15,2012

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APRIL 25, 2012 MAY 15,2012
 
 
   
 

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