NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A year’s long process to renovate the City of New Orleans’ former Municipal Training Academy is approaching the home stretch.
The final phase of construction for the New Orleans Fire Department headquarters is getting started. The initial demolition and installation of underground utilities took around 18 months and costed $2 million.
The city is now marking the second round of work on the 20,000-square-foot facility. The first groundbreaking was in January 2021 to gut the building.
“We have our staff spread out across the city because they all can’t fit in the offices at headquarters. This will allow us to bring all of our staff together in one place that will help in the efficiency which will help us to work more as a unified organization,” says NOFD Chief Roman Nelson.
The construction is estimated to take about 14 months to complete.
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