Letters: Area resident lauds Convention Center Promenade

I read with interest the letter from the Luling resident about the improvements to Convention Center Boulevard and the new Convention Center Promenade.

As a resident who lives close to Convention Center Boulevard and the Promenade, and someone who both drives and walks it several times a day, I find it’s a vast improvement to just four lanes of concrete with narrow sidewalks. The Promenade also makes for a welcome entrance to the Convention Center.

During the recent Cardiology Convention, I witnessed thousands of conventioneers walking back and forth on the Promenade; it was almost like being in a walkable European city. The plantings and greenery are good for our environment and act as a buffer between the pedestrians and the vehicles.

We should be promoting pedestrians and green space throughout our city. Traffic is only heavy during the afternoon rush hour, as are all the streets exiting the CBD, and on Saturday mornings as the cruise ships come and go. I was skeptical when it was proposed but now thinks it a vast improvement and a welcome addition to New Orleans.

JESSE LEBLANC

New Orleans