New Orleans Streets Updated

23 June 2008 - 1:00pm

This story from NPR looks at a new bike lane in New Orleans, and other efforts the city is taking to update its street infrastructure.

"New Orleans is still repairing roads damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and officials hope they won't have to repair them again. For some of the roads, officials are trying to coordinate all the work that has to go underground, so the paving, electric and gas lines and water and sewer pipes only have to be installed once."

Source: NPR, June 22, 2008
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