NEWS RELEASE

JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA

August 19, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROAD CLOSURE

WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE

Eastbound at Harvard Ave.

JEFFERSON, LA - Starting Friday, August 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., both eastbound lanes of W. Esplanade Ave. at Harvard Ave. will be closed on a continuous basis. Motorists can detour by turning right onto Transcontinental Dr., then left on Veterans Blvd., then left on Clearview Pkwy. and then turn right onto W. Esplanade Ave.

The closure is necessary to install a 54-inch and a 42-inch drainage outfalls and a sewer conflict box as part of a $3.28 million-dollar project. Work is scheduled to be complete by Monday, August 23, 2021 at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting.

For more information, please contact Angela DeSoto, Director of Engineering Department at 504-736-6500.

For more information about Jefferson Parish, visit www.JeffParish.net. Residents can also receive regular updates by following the Parish on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@JeffParishGov) or by texting JPALERT or JPNOTICIAS to 888-777.

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Jefferson Parish Public Information Office 1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Suite 1002 Jefferson, LA 70123

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Gretchen Hirt Gendron, PIO