B37AcV Florida Avenue Freeway, Industrial Canal Expansion, Uncategorized

Join Your Church or Organization in the Fight Against the Industrial Canal Expansion & The Florida Avenue Freeway

Thank You for Fighting for the Community

  1. Call the Numbers on the Flyer
  2. Give this packet of information to your Pastor, Organization or small business
  3. Hand out flyers to your neighbors
  4. Come out Monday June 26th to Candidate Forum at Justice and Beyond at Christian Unity 1700 Conti (at N. Claiborne)
  • Residents will have to relocate.
  • You can’t sue the Corps of Engineers
  • Affects three parishes as two bridges will be up at the same time.
  • Move it to unpopulated parts of St Bernard Parish & work with their residents.
  • The noise, dust and construction debris and intrusions will impact health, property values will fall. 13+ years of pile-driving will irreversibly damage property.
  • The threat to three parishes will be increased during hurricane seasons because the actual construction process that will impede traffic flow over the canal & open flood walls.
  • Bernard Parish recently learned that the Corps had, yet again, allowed a contractor to put in a below standard quality and uncoated infrastructure in their flood walls!
  • The affected communities in New Orleans have always opposed the expansion of the Industrial Canal because there are no community benefits from this project but many devastating consequences. It’s called Environmental Racism.
  • Florida Ave Freeway – Stop the new freeway from St Bernard Parish, up Tupelo St. and all across Florida from lower 9 to 7th ward, removes 100 Affordable Houses in Lower 9.

What Can You Do?

  • Contact the Electeds who haven’t signed with us to fight these issues: Governor John Bel Edwards 225-342-0991; Congressman Steve Scalise 504-837-1259; Congressman Cedric Richmond 504-288-3777; Council District E James Gray 504-658-1053 jagray@nola.gov; Council at Large Stacy Head 504-658-1060 shead@nola.gov; Council District D Jared Brossett
  • Bernard Parish Residents! President Guy McInnis presidentmcInnis@sb.pg.net or call 504-278-4227. Ask him to tell Congressman Steve Scalise no Industrial Canal Expansion.
  • Come to the Candidate Forum on Monday June 26th at Christian Unity Church at 1700 Conti (at N. Claiborne) from 4:45pm to 7pm to meet the candidates who are running this fall for Mayor, City Council, etc Call or write to get info: 800-239-7379;   info@acommunityvoice.com; FREE Dinner
  • Put a sign at your home naming electeds who are for the community on these issues:             (Call or write for your sign: 800-239-7379;   info@acommunityvoice.com).

Informational Packets.pdf

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B37AcV Florida Avenue Freeway, Industrial Canal Expansion

Stop Environmental Racism in the 9th Ward

Fight the Industrial Canal Expansion

  • There are NO Jobs or Benefits for Impacted Communities
  • It Only Benefits Trump Mega-Fundraiser Bollinger Shipyards
  • Waste of 1 Billion of Taxpayer dollars
  • Barge Traffic carrying toxins is Dangerous for the large bordering neighborhoods
  • Damage from pile driving near homes will lower property values and the Corps is protected from liability.
  • This Project calls for a 2nd Canal to be dug in the Lower 9, which will leave homes more vulnerable to flooding.
  • Construction will disturb heavy metals, contaminate the canal, and pollute the entire City.
  • Impede traffic flow, including those driving into St. Bernard, and threaten the community during hurricane season.
  • Existing canal has been improperly maintained, due to nonunion work.
  • Mitigation money should be used to pay reparations to the community for past damages

Problems with the New Freeway

Through the 8th & 9th Wards

  • Benefits only St. Bernard Parish & no benefits to Orleans Parish
  • Trucks can easily use Paris Rd. in St. Bernard to get to I-10
  • 100 Affordable Housing units will be TORN DOWN in Lower 9
  • New Bridges & Bike Paths can be built without this Freeway

What You can Do NOW to . . .

Please Make Phone Calls & Send a Note to the Army Corps

Are You Against the Expansion of the Industrial Canal?

Mayor Landrieu mayor@nola.gov 504-658-4000

Councilmembers

Jason Williams jasonwilliams@nola.gov 504-658-1070

Stacy Head shead@nola.gov 504-658-1060

Susan Guidry sgguidry@nola.gov 504-658-1010

Latoya Cantrell lcantrell@nola.gov 504-658-1020

Nadine Ramsey districtc@nola.gov 504-658-1030

Jared Brossett councildistrictd@nola.gov 504-658-1040

James Gray jagray@nola.gov 504-658-1050

Governor John Bel Edwards 866-366-1121

Congressman Cedric Richmond 504-288-3777

Comments in Writing only to Army Corps of Engineers

By March 1st

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

c/o Mark Lahare

CEMVN-PDC-CEC

7400 Leake Ave.

New Orleans, LA 70118

mark.h.lahare@usace.army.mil

Are you against a new freeway through the 8th & 9th Wards?

Please Make Calls & Leave this Message

  1. No to the Louisiana State DOTD Florida Project that puts a freeway through New Orleans Black Neighborhoods
  2. Yes to new bridges that have bike/walk access at Florida and Claiborne and a new bike/walk bridge at St. Claude.

Governor John Bel Edwards 866-366-1121

Congressman Cedric Richmond 504-288-3777

Rep. Jimmy Harris harrisj@legis.la.gov 504-243-1960

Rep. Joseph Bouie bouiej@legis.la.gov 504-286-1033

Rep. Neil Abramson abramson@legis.la.gov 504-275-8051

Rep. Walt Leger legerw@legis.la.gov 504-556-9970

Rep. John Bagneris bagnerisj@legis.la.gov 504-243-7783

Rep. Helena Moreno morenoh@legis.la.gov 504-568-2740

State Sen. Troy Carter cartert@legis.la.gov 504-302-3682

State Sen. JP Morrell morrelljp@legis.la.gov 504-284-4794

State Sen. Karen Carter-Peterson 504-568-8346

State Sen. Wesley Bishop bishopw@legis.la.gov 504-284-4794

Mayor Landrieu mayor@nola.gov 504-658-4000

Councilmembers

Jason Williams jasonwilliams@nola.gov 504-658-1070

Stacy Head shead@nola.gov 504-658-1060

Susan Guidry sgguidry@nola.gov 504-658-1010

Latoya Cantrell lcantrell@nola.gov 504-658-1020

Nadine Ramsey districtc@nola.gov 504-658-1030

Jared Brossett councildistrictd@nola.gov 504-658-1040

James Gray jagray@nola.gov 504-658-1050

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B37AcV Florida Avenue Freeway, Uncategorized

No Florida Avenue Freeway: Save Our Homes & Community Health

Fact Sheet

The “Florida Project” is a joint federal and state funded proposal to expand Florida Avenue and create a new freeway through the 8th and 9th Wards on Florida, for heavy trucks that are in transit from the St. Bernard Port.

Currently, there are problems associated with Florida Avenue in the Upper 9th Ward, such as the truck traffic that diverts from there down Pauline and damages the homes of senior citizens and long time residents of the area.

A further expansion of Florida Blvd will create an unnecessary freeway for heavy trucks to come through Orleans Parish to reach Elysian Fields and then gain access to the interstate.  The option to have the trucks take Paris Rd. in St Bernard is by far the cheaper and more expedient option for the trucks and state.  Frankly, imposing a freeway on African American communities is simply environmental racism.

Elected officials are telling residents that a new Florida Avenue Bridge is completely contingent on the whole Florida “freeway” project. This is not true, as funding for this bridge has to be a separate item.

A freeway through our community would create noise, congestion, pollution, and access points for heavy trucks to cut through the neighborhoods.  It is particularly mind-boggling that they would attempt to put this truck traffic onto Elysian Fields at I-610 where there is currently so much congestion and an existing danger from the current heavy traffic.

A Community Voice supports:

  1. A new Florida bridge
  2. Replacement of the Claiborne/Judge Seeber bridge
  3. An additional bike and pedestrian bridge at St. Claude
  4. All St. Bernard Parish truck traffic needs to stay in St. Bernard Parish, and use Paris Rd. to get to the interstate

Join us. Sign our petition

Print out fact sheets for your church or organization.

no-florida-avenue-freeway-fact-sheet

Have your church or organization join the fight.

church-sign-on-form

organization-sign-on-form

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