This week, as he prepared to leave, Ed Blakely spoke to WDSU about the "accountability structure" now in place as New Orleans moves forward with the benefit of having basked in his wisdom these past few years.
He said keeping track of all the ongoing work will be a tough job for his successor. "We have over $1 billion worth of projects, 600-some projects coming on stream," he said. "At some point, we're going to have 200 or 300 projects going on at the same time with a city bureaucracy that's accustomed to doing two or three.We would like to take the opportunity to once again thank Dr. Blakely for his service and the concerned manner in which he hands off this "enormous challenge" he didn't seem to worry too much about creating. Nicely done.
"So the oversight for this . . . will be on two or three people's shoulders. And that's going to be an enormous challenge."
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