NEW ORLEANS/ St Charles Streetcar to open link to complete historic route

[fla_tiger]

Streetcar to complete route down Carrollton


map and link courtesy of notimes picayune
The painstaking restoration of the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line after Hurricane Katrina is almost complete, and full service to its terminus at South Carrollton and South Claiborne avenues should resume by early May, Regional Transit Authority officials said Tuesday.

RTA officials have reopened the historic streetcar line in phases since storm damage forced them to shut it down in the fall of 2005.

http://blog.nola.com/updates/2008/03/streetcar_to_complete_route_do.html

[SlidellWx]

I go to church at Carrollton and Willow...they have been doing major work on the line for the past few months. I'm glad to see it will be opening soon. Before the storm...I would often take the streetcar down to the universities and enjoy Audubon Park on sunny afternoon. Can't wait to do that again.