Friday, January 06, 2006
A Cincinnati Change Report
A ubiquitous feature of the post-Hurricane Katrina cityscape -- the tens of thousands of cars, boats, buses and trucks littering streets and neutral grounds, marked with brown lines bearing witness to the height of floodwaters -- might finally start to disappear soon.
Nearly four months after the storm flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and left more than 30,000 ruined vehicles in public rights of way, Mayor Ray Nagin is poised to award a large contract to a private company that will oversee the collection and disposal of the wreckage, city officials said.
It's one of four major tasks the administration plans to outsource to private firms through contracts that, taken together, will be worth tens of millions of dollars and could amount to the city's largest professional-services deal ever.
Officials hope the contracts will be mostly paid for by the federal government. The Nagin administration also is seeking firms to manage projects, to stabilize and repair public buildings, and to hire workers to supplement city staff.
Nearly four months after the storm flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and left more than 30,000 ruined vehicles in public rights of way, Mayor Ray Nagin is poised to award a large contract to a private company that will oversee the collection and disposal of the wreckage, city officials said.
It's one of four major tasks the administration plans to outsource to private firms through contracts that, taken together, will be worth tens of millions of dollars and could amount to the city's largest professional-services deal ever.
Officials hope the contracts will be mostly paid for by the federal government. The Nagin administration also is seeking firms to manage projects, to stabilize and repair public buildings, and to hire workers to supplement city staff.
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