New orleans DPW srts sidewalk project

The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $1,279,921.03 Formula Grant to the Louisiana Department of Transportation under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on March 15, 2021. The grant funds bicycle and pedestrian crossing and traffic calming improvements in New Orleans, including construction, purchasing, and education activities. A sub-award of $279,921.03 was provided to the New Orleans Public Works Department to implement the EP Harney School Safe Routes to School Project in Orleans Parish, focusing on sidewalk infrastructure and non-infrastructure activities to promote safer routes to school. The funding advances the Highway Planning and Construction program's goal of assisting states in constructing, preserving, and improving highways through targeted transportation safety projects.

Project description

Bicycle & pedestriancrossing improvements, traffic calming & speed reduction improvements. Purchasing, education activities. Construction funded with srts funds. Non-infrastructure funded with safety transfer funds. Phase 1 entity administered, phases 5 & 6 dotd administered