The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s $25-million Canal Street Ferry Terminal is slated for completion by the end of the year, and everyone involved agrees that the mighty Mississippi River was this project’s most important manager.
“The river is going to throw any curveballs it wants at you,” says Rachel Kenney, project manager and chief engineer for the Metairie, La.-based Infinity Engineering Consultants, one of the project’s architects. “The river is very unpredictable, and you have to be ready to spring into action when the river level permits construction to happen.”