Efforts are underway in Louisiana to determine the possible impacts and new requirements for highway infrastructure that may result should the use of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) grow.
The board overseeing plans to construct a new terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport gave the official green light to a $178-million, five-gate expansion for the airport’s North Terminal project and set a new opening date of February 2019 for the entire facility. The expansion brings the overall project cost to $993 million.
Talks over a proposed $1.5 billion riverfront development next to New Orleans' Ernest N. Morial Convention Center appear to be stalled after nearly two years of negotiations.
In the upcoming April 10 print edition, ENR Texas & Louisiana will feature a list of the top 25 largest project starts in 2016 by total value from across the region.