address: 14601 Old Gentilly Rd
description_raw: North Road Expansion Project Description
  
  The intent of this document is to provide a description of North Road Expansion project at J.M. Smuckers (Folgers) Old Gentilly plant for permitting application with the City of New Orleans.
  
  The facility is located on Old Gentilly Road in New Orleans East.  A portion of the paved area on the north side of the property, known as North Road, will be demolished and repaved, and widened to accommodate truck traffic.  The project scope covers two adjacent areas on the north side of the plant – 12,000 square foot paved area west (at the Roaster Building) and 2,700 square foot area to the east (at the silo foundations).  See attached drawings for additional information.
  
  Existing conditions
  Area is paved with series of catch basins that drain to a ditch/swale outside the north property line.  The drainage ditch is bound by Smuckers property to the south and CSX railroad to the north.  
  
  Construction 
  •	The existing paved area to be demolished and repaved is approximately 10,300 square feet.
  •	The road will be expanded to the property line +/-5.5 ft for a length of 312 ft (approximately 1,700 sf).  At the subsequent area located 225 feet east, the road will be extended +/-17 feet for a length of 150 feet (2,700 square feet). 
  •	Permanent steel sheet pile will be installed at the toe of the ditch at the property line for stability.
  •	Catch basins with filter inserts and a below-paving RCP detention system will be installed for st