But the two most expensive parts of that project — major detention ponds near Homewood Drive and off Duhon Road expected to total more than $50 million — can’t be paid for with federal funds because LCG’s process for hiring a contractor to build them was not competitive enough to comply with federal law.
Source: The Advertiser
The Current was billed more than $900 for a pair of requests filed last month. According to LCG’s new policy, not yet published, the invoice must be paid before digital copies of the documents are turned over.
The set of standards — best known as the “well control rule” — was implemented by the Obama administration in 2016 in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, which killed 11 people and released more than 3 million barrels of crude oil.
Source: The Advocate
Homeowners protected by Louisiana’s safety-net insurance company could face a 63% cost increase in 2023, escalating the state’s growing property insurance crisis.
Source: The Advertiser
Council members previously have balked at the size of some of the raises. Guillory asked that five of the positions received $25,000 or more in annual pay bumps after receiving a 2% cost-of-living raise earlier this summer.
Source: The Advertiser
The bollard project is designed to improve safety downtown during large-scale events like Festival International de Louisiane and smaller public events like Downtown Alive and ArtWalk by facilitating pedestrian and bicycle traffic in areas where automobile traffic will be prohibited temporarily.
Source: The Advocate
More than two-and-a-half centuries after the deportation, it was Queen Elizabeth II who issued an official apology for her country’s actions. The proclamation, issued in 2003, acknowledged the “trials and suffering experienced by the Acadian people during the Great Upheaval” and expressed “hope that the Acadian people can turn the page on this dark chapter of their history.”
Source: The Advertiser
…issues with the project and LCG’s payment requests have caused the state to lock up the funding, leaving $22 million worth of reimbursements requested by LCG unpaid until the state government’s questions are answered.
Source: The Advertiser
The City Council is expected Tuesday to vote on a resolution authorizing an investigation, which the Home Rule Charter gives it the authority to do, and an ordinance budgeting $100,000 for the investigation. Cook said earlier this week she expects the council to hire an auditor and possibly others to investigate.
Source: The Advocate
A resolution initiating an investigation into the Guillory administration is on the agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting. The scope of the probe is wider than LCG’s drainage program, the original spark behind the City Council’s scrutiny, and would examine the mayor-president’s spending and use of public resources.
Source: KATC
Tropical Storm Danielle has formed in the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season, forecasters said Thursday morning.
Source: nola.com
After a quiet August, forecasters expect 1-3 named storms in the next few days.
Source: nola.com