It's a good thing S&WB is flush with cash now

Looks like they've got some judgements to pay out.

The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board will have to pay nearly a half-million dollars in damages to five homeowners whose property was damaged during construction of a massive Uptown drainage project, judges on the state 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled this week.

The ruling upholds the key portions of a lower court’s decision and appears to pave the way for decisions in similar suits from 300 other plaintiffs who allege significant damage to their properties during construction of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, the stormwater-drainage upgrades that involved years of major construction on several major Uptown roadways.

That plus more settlements to come in all likelihood. Anyway, I guess the people can take these signs down now. Some of them are still up even though we no longer have a "Mister" Mayor for them to whine at.



Speaking of whining, there has still been no landscaping work done on the Napoleon Avenue neutral ground.




The sod was lain two years ago but the trees and walking path the original plans called for have yet to materialize.  Meanwhile, it looks like Jefferson and Louisiana are all done even though the construction work finished there last. What gives?