Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities

GrandAdmiral said

When were they installed at Canal and Bourbon? I remember from all my years living there that there were no barricades at Canal and Bourbon. Traffic usually had to turn at Iberville and Bourbon where the first presence of barricades existed. If something big enough was going on, they blocked Canal and Bourbon with a squad car as seen in the video.

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They did a big construction project re-doing the street and sidewalks on Bourbon 4 or 5 years ago (could be longer but that is my best guess on time frame). It think that is when they were added. But, apparently all the bollards were down for repairs prior to the Super Bowl. That's why they had a squad car blocking the intersection. They may have done that anyway because of the crowds on NYE and to have a Police presence during Sugar Bowl week. But, like I said before, it wouldn't have mattered since the guy drove up on the sidewalk and to my knowledge there has never been anything blocking the sidewalks on Bourbon and Canal.