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A security review commissioned in the wake of the deadly New Year's Day terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans recommends closing off a majority of the ...
Bratton. The report is blunt. Bourbon Street is dangerously vulnerable, and unless big changes are made, the city remains exposed to future attacks. At the top of the list? Turning Bourbon Street ...
Permanently closing Bourbon Street to traffic, requesting the highest federal threat rating for Mardi Gras each year and increasing barricades along Bourbon Street and parade routes are some of ...
A security review commissioned in the wake of the deadly New Year's Day terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans recommends closing off a majority of the ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The discussion of making Bourbon Street pedestrian-only has been ongoing since the terror attack. It’s something several people who frequent ...
IT COMES AS ONE OF THE BIG SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE TURNING BOURBON STREET INTO A PEDESTRIAN MALL FROM CANAL TO DO MAIN AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF BARRIERS OR GATES TO PREVENT VEHICLE RAMMING ATTACKS IN ...
Most of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street should be closed off to vehicles, creating a permanent pedestrian plaza, a report recommends, three months after a truck plowed into a New Year’s Day crowd ...
WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. FRENCH QUARTER BUSINESS OWNERS AND WORKERS AND NEIGHBORS ARE WEIGHING IN ABOUT BOLSTERING UP BOURBON STREET. A SECURITY TOWN HALL IS JUST GETTING STARTED WITH NEW SAFETY ...
For months, a crew of consultants has been pondering how and when to close off Bourbon Street to cars and thus ward against deadly attacks like the one that roiled the famed party strip on Jan. 1.
NEW ORLEANS — In the wake of the tragic January 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street that claimed 14 innocent lives and injured 35 others, New Orleans officials have ...