A month and a half after Hurricane Ida made landfall, traffic signals remain out of commission across New Orleans. Most are concentrated in the Central Business District, and city officials reiterated this week that the process of fixing them will take time.
“There is an emergency bid contract out on the repairs for those lights,” said city communications director Beau Tidwell “Once that happens, we are looking at four to six weeks, after that contract has been completed, so it’s going to be a minute…There is not an easy fix, there is not a quick solution to that.”
Hurricane Ida damaged 255 of New Orleans’ 463 traffic signals, Public Works Director Josh Hartley said last month.
Of those, 41 received extensive damages beyond what city crews can handle. The city is setting up a FEMA-reimbursable emergency contract to repair those signals.
More than three weeks after Hurricane Ida swept through New Orleans, about one in five of the city’s 463 traffic signals remain damaged and no…
“The problem with that is the wiring connecting the arms through the pole, into underground, has now been crimped, which disables the signals from functioning properly. To fix it, the wiring will need to be replaced. Sometimes that involves foundation replacements, roadway pavement removal/replacement, etc.,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a late September tweet.
Last month, 156 people called 311 to report damaged or malfunctioning traffic signals. In the year leading up to Sept. 2021, the city had averaged 88 calls per month reporting traffic signal damage. 32 people reported traffic signal damage in the CBD, more than anywhere else in New Orleans. The CBD is tailed by Central City and the Lower Garden District, which logged 12 and eight calls, respectively.
The public works department is monitoring 311 calls and placing stop signs in intersections with damaged traffic signals.
Report malfunctioning or missing traffic signals by calling 311 or submitting a form online.
Ben Myers contributed to this report.
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