“New Orleans has been awarded $844,400 to rehabilitate and enhance the Magnolia Bridge.”
“About the grant program:
The Transportation Enhancement Program is a federally funded program administered through LaDOTD. The goal is to work toward building a more balanced transportation system that includes pedestrians and bicyclists as well as the motoring public. However, projects are not limited to sidewalks and bike paths. They can include safety and educational activities for pedestrians and bicyclists, landscaping and other scenic beautification, historic preservation, acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites, preservation of abandoned railway corridors, scenic or historic highway programs including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities, archaeological planning and research, control and removal of outdoor advertising, environmental mitigation and establishment of transportation museums.”
This grant was announced in Washington, D.C. by Senator Mary Landrieu.
http://www.landrieu.senate.gov/mediacenter/pressreleases/11-3-2011-1.cfm