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way parades line up in 2015, Cantrell said. Those specifics have yet to be determined, however. “Right now we don’t know how significant it will be, but NOPD and DPW are working on an alternate traffic pattern for lining up,” Cantrell said. “We’re going to work to make sure it’s as minimal as possible.” In the meantime, Dunflous said that she is taking the city at its word that Napoleon will be in good shape by parade time. With the first weekend of parades (Feb. 21-23) fewer than four months away, she has enough to focus on without worry about the road, she said. “If I start stressing right now in November,” Dunflous said, “I’m really going to be stressed by February.”
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lthough Napoleon Avenue construction may not be a major change to Mardi Gras 2014, New Orleans District B City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell is pressing forward with a series of changes to the city’s Mardi Gras ordinances prompted by complaints she received as the 2013 parades began to roll shortly after she took office. The final ordinance was not available as of last week, but Cantrell presented the following proposals to neighborhood leaders from the Irish Channel, the St. Charles Avenue area and other associations along the parade routes in September. — ROBERT MORRIS | UPTOWN MESSENGER
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All ladders should be 10 feet back from the curb, rather than the current rule requiring them to be set back as far as they are tall. A uniform distance will be easier to enforce, Cantrell has said. Grills would be prohibited from intersections, as furniture currently is.
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Weight limits would be placed on throws, especially to prevent riders from throwing heavy objects such as whole bags of beads that can injure spectators. PAGE 10
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District B City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell is suggesting changes to many of the city’s Mardi Gras ordinances, including proposing a new rule that all ladders on parade routes be set back 10 feet from the curb.
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