“I’m not saying…I’m just saying.” Mayor Landrieu Opens Door to Removing I-10 and Reconnecting New Orleans

"I'm not saying I'm for it," he said. "I'm just saying it's worth thinking about." That’s how Mayor Landrieu recently addressed the proposal to remove 2 miles of Interstate 10 from central New Orleans. It may not be a ringing endorsement, but everything else he said confirms that this represents a major move in the right direction.

Landrieu recently called the proposal “a game-changer” and recognized that I-10 "gave people more impetus to bypass the city than to stay in it." So another big city mayor understand the mistake made by ripping apart a city to built an urban Interstate, but like most places, this realization seems to lead only to a call for contemplation. “I’m just saying it’s worth thinking about.”