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the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Board of Commissioners approved $4.4 million of transit service enhancements. These changes include earlier start times and 24-hour service on many routes used by commuters to access downtown employment centers, education facilities and medical care. These improvements will be implemented beginning Sunday, April 17, 2016

A disaster recovery center will open Saturday, March 19, in Bossier City to help Louisiana flood survivors. This center is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) continues to press Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to answer questions about her Agency’s gross negligence in the Flint, Michigan water crisis. Vitter’s statements are made ahead of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) hearing today during which EPA Administrator McCarthy and Rick Snyder, Governor of the State of Michigan, will testify on the government’s response to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

Louisiana homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained property damage as a result of the ongoing severe storms and flooding are urged to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as they may be eligible for federal and state disaster assistance.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on March 8, 2016, and continuing.

Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama's disaster declaration issued for the State of Louisiana.

Mayor Landrieu announced a series of events that will take place throughout 2016 as part of the Welcome Table New Orleans external link, a multi-year citywide initiative focused on race, reconciliation and community building. This year, eight citizen-led circles will reveal their various reconciliation projects to the community through workshops, business models, public art installations and more.

Today, the New Orleans Building Corporation (NOBC) – the City of New Orleans’ public benefit corporation – announced that it will erect fencing around the surface parking lots under the U.S. 90/ Pontchartrain Expressway. In total, four parking lots under the expressway along Calliope Street from St. Charles Avenue to S. Rampart Street/Loyola Avenue will be fenced so that they may be returned to commerce as managed parking.

The City of New Orleans will host its monthly online auction for adjudicated properties on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., subject to a rolling close in the case of last-minute competitive bidding. Forty properties are scheduled to be sold throughout the community, where winning bidders will receive full ownership and title insurance for each property. The City reminds residents that there are over 900 properties still available for deposit to begin the research and notification processes before an auction may be scheduled.

The Jefferson Parish Department of Property Maintenance Zoning Quality of Life conducted a sweep on the Eastbank in Council District 5 on Thursday, February 25, 2016. The streets included in the sweep were Alberta Street, Durand Street, Giuffrias Avenue, Manson Avenue, and Richland Avenue.

The Jefferson Parish Department of Property Maintenance, Zoning/Quality of Life will be conducting a sweep within the geographical boundaries of Council District 5 of Jefferson Parish on Thursday, February 25, 2016, in an effort to address property violations for quality of life enforcement.

Senator David Vitter (R-La.) joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), 34 Senators and 171 House Members in filing an amicus brief today in the case of State of West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al

the City of New Orleans announced that the former Lake Terrace Shopping Center at 1532 Robert E. Lee Blvd. in the Gentilly neighborhood will be redeveloped by local developer Kenneth Lobell. Since it was flooded during Hurricane Katrina, this private property has sat blighted and vacant. For the last year several years, the City has aggressively pursued action against the property’s former owner, DMK Acquisitions and Properties LLC (DMK), to force redevelopment of this commercial property.

On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, the Fix My Streets Financing Working Group will hold its third public meeting to begin the process of finding solutions to address New Orleans’ long-term infrastructure needs

On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, the Fix My Streets Financing Working Group will hold its third public meeting to begin the process of finding solutions to address New Orleans’ long-term infrastructure needs.