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The Metropolis of New Orleans has introduced that the Earhart Boulevard Meals Truck Plaza is 95 p.c full and can open in time for Tremendous Bowl LIX.

New Orleans is ready to host Tremendous Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025, on the Caesars Superdome.

Positioned on Earhart Boulevard close to Magnolia Road and South Claiborne Avenue, the plaza will function eight meals truck distributors on a major thoroughfare entry level into the Central Enterprise District.

The $2.1 million undertaking, funded by Metropolis of New Orleans bonds, helps small and ethnically various companies, whereas additionally aiming to enhance the infrastructure within the space.

The undertaking is designed by Pivotal Engineering LLC, and constructed by TEH Enterprise LLC.

“My administration is in lockstep with the group’s wants and noticed a possibility to make this intersection extra purposeful and aesthetically pleasing for meals truck distributors,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell mentioned in a information launch. “Our meals truck proprietors have made this location particular to the Metropolis of New Orleans by establishing their vehicles regardless of earlier circumstances, and I’m enthusiastic about what this undertaking will do for our small companies and our metropolis as an entire.”

Along with meals truck distributors, restricted public parking and bicycle parking can be accessible underneath the overpass. ADA compliant sidewalk ramps can be put in at Earhart and South Claiborne Avenues. The Earhart Meals Truck Plaza can be open to the general public and can embody pedestrian benches and seating areas, waste receptacles, and landscaping. The positioning will even function mural work on the underpass help columns, offered by the Arts Council, and help tailgating actions for occasions on the Caesars Superdome and the Smoothie King Middle.