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Friday, Aug 28, 2020 - 12:49 pm
Alexandria, La. (August 28, 2020) — As residents cleanup damage caused by Hurricane Laura, the City of Alexandria has contracted with a firm to collect tree debris starting next week. City of Alexandria Urban Forester Darren Green said residents need to separate tree debris from other types of debris. “For example, if someone has a pile of limbs and then they throw a damaged fence panel on top, that won’t get picked up,” Green said. “It has to be a pile of just tree debris, no other items. If they have construction debris, like shingles and fence pieces, that needs to be put in a separate...
Thursday, Aug 27, 2020 - 7:39 pm
Alexandria, La. (August 27, 2020) — Hurricane Laura, which was a 150-mph Category 4 major hurricane at landfall near Cameron in Southwest Louisiana, was still packing 100 mph sustained winds as the storm passed west of Alexandria Thursday morning. As a result, Alexandria received sustained tropical storm force winds around 50 mph and gusts as high as 85 mph that caused widespread wind damage and knocked out power citywide. “We knew this storm had the potential to cause a lot of damage, and it certainly did that,” said Alexandria Mayor Jeffrey W. Hall. “While we had some brief issues with high...
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2020 - 1:12 pm
Alexandria, La. (August 26, 2020) — As Hurricane Laura approaches an anticipated landfall overnight in southwest Louisiana along the Texas and Louisiana border the City of Alexandria announces the following schedule of closures:ATRANS bus service will stop at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday). There will be no bus service Thursday. Service will resume Friday if possible. Watch for further announcements.Sandbag distribution will end at 3 p.m. today at the Consolidated City Compound. Self service locations will remain open but unstaffed.City offices will close at 3 p.m. today and will be closed Thursday...
Sunday, Aug 23, 2020 - 3:51 pm
Alexandria, La. (August 23, 2020) — Workers with the City of Alexandria continue to actively prepare for the possibility of high winds and heavy rain this week from two potential hurricanes, Tropical Storm Marco, which is currently forecast to move through the Alexandria area Monday night and Tuesday, and Tropical Storm Laura, which could impact the area Thursday. National Weather Service forecasts indicate Alexandria could get 3-6 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Marco Monday night and Tuesday. The path of Tropical Storm Laura continues to shift, but preliminary estimates are around 8...
Friday, Aug 21, 2020 - 5:02 pm
Alexandria, La. (August 21, 2020) — Workers with the City of Alexandria are actively preparing for the possibility of high winds and heavy rain next week from a potential Tropical Storm, which would be named Marco, currently projected to make landfall in the vicinity of the Texas-Louisiana border Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasts indicate Alexandria could get heavy rain from the storm Tuesday and Wednesday as well as wind gusts of more than 40 miles per hour, with wind activity expected to start increasing Monday night. In preparation, city workers are working to clear storm drains...
Monday, Aug 17, 2020 - 2:51 pm
Study designed to encourage more diversification in awarding of City contracts Alexandria, La. (August 17, 2020) — Starting this week, Customer Research International (CRI) will be calling Alexandria businesses on behalf of Keen Independent Research, a national economic consulting firm, to gather data about marketplace conditions and to identify any disparities there may be with City of Alexandria contracting for minority- and women-owned firms and other small businesses in the local market. “As I mentioned in my State of the Community update last week, one of the priorities of my...
Friday, Jul 31, 2020 - 4:39 pm
Alexandria, La. (July 31, 2020) — The City of Alexandria will host a drive-thru Back 2 School Supply Giveaway from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, in the Alexander Fulton Mini Park in downtown Alexandria, which is the parking lot across from City Hall between Second and Third Streets. Traditionally the City hosts an annual indoor Back to School Bash, but in light of social distancing guidelines related to COVID-19 the City will host an outdoor drive-thru event. The supply giveaway is for children in grades K-12 and the children receiving supplies must be in the car at the event. Drivers...
Thursday, Jul 23, 2020 - 1:01 pm
Alexandria, La. (July 23, 2020) — The City of Alexandria has completed work to reconstruct Pitts Street. The street, which connects Broadway Avenue and Applewhite Street, is frequently used as a bypass by residents when train traffic blocks the crossing on Broadway. The street was severely damaged by a combination of factors, including heavy industrial vehicle traffic. “We made a number of improvements regarding drainage and the substructure and the new roadway will safely serve the residents of that area for many years,” said City Engineer Mike Wilkinson. Final project cost came to $565,463...
Sunday, Jul 5, 2020 - 3:46 pm
Alexandria, La. (July 5, 2020) — The City of Alexandria will provide free to-go lunches for local youth throughout the month of July starting Monday. The meals will be offered first-come, first-served between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at four locations in Alexandria and will be distributed as grab-and-go meals. All youth age 18 and younger may participate in the program. It is requested that face masks be worn at the time of pick-up for the safety of City workers as well as those picking up meals. “It is truly eye-opening to realize how many of our local youth count on the lunch they...
Sunday, Jul 5, 2020 - 3:45 pm
Alexandria, La. (July 2, 2020) — The City of Alexandria, along with the Alexandria Police Department, released video footage from an incident that occurred June 26 at a local area hospital in which an APD officer was briefly knocked unconscious while trying to arrest a suspect for failure to leave the premises after being forbidden. Alexandria Police Chief Jerrod King waked reporters through the incident, explaining the officer’s actions. Following the presentation, King and Alexandria Mayor Jeffrey W. Hall answered questions. Both the recorded press conference with Mayor Hall and Chief King...