The daily ride-by is one component of the Phase 3 maintenance contract that Mobile-based Volkert holds with the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development. Engineers are happy to reach Phase 3an annually renewable contract to maintain, repair or replace the westbound spans temporary panels, which patch the gaps caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina wrenched 435 twin span sections out of alignment. On Jan. 6, the 2-lane, 5.4-mile westbound span reopened eight days early, says LADOTD. New Orleans-based Boh Bros. Construction Co. LLC avoided a $10,000 daily disincentive on Phase 2 of the $35-million repair work, which included realigning 265 westbound span deck segments and filling in 26 gaps with prefabricated Acrow sections.