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D'IBERVILLE -- Nearly $141 million in building permits were issued in the last fiscal year in D'Iberville and city officials say more construction is on the way. "Oh, that's good," Hank Rogers, the city's community development director, said of the level of building. "That's up at post-Katrina levels." The largest permit in the 2013-2014 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was for Scarlet Pearl Casino, going up at the foot of Central Avenue. Mayor Rusty Quave said work is progressing toward the opening in December 2015 and he sat in on meetings for the designs of a championship miniature golf course that have lots of people curious. A new Coast Transit center also is under construction in that area where, since the groundbreaking for the casino, there has been lots of interest on the city's master plan development, Quave said Monday before meeting with a group of developers. The elevation and insurance in the old town near the water has developers looking to build more multi-family, higher income housing near the casino and downtown, he said. If the city can get people back downtown, Quave said he thinks more development will follow. Other large projects in the past year were the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Store that will open Nov. 5, the continued renovations at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, a $3.1 million city fire station, site work for Academy Sports off Sangani Boulevard, more stores at The Promenade, a Volkswagen dealership, a new building at Arbor View Apartments to replace the one that was destroyed by fire and 24 homes. Construction continues on the Interstate 10-110 intersection, and Quave said crews seem to be ahead of schedule. While that work won't be done until next year, this will be the first Christmas shopping season in a couple of years that road work is done from The Promenade through stores at Sangani Boulevard. People continue to shop and dine in D'Iberville, Quave said. "Even through construction, our sales tax held in there." From January to August, sales tax diversions in D'Iberville are up 2 percent from a year ago. Quave said it's too early to talk about some of the development being proposed in the city, other than to say developers of a couple of hotels want to get property rezoned so they can build. "We're anticipating Ramco and CBL group will make a report to us pretty soon," he said. The companies propose building The Galleria shopping center at the southwest corner of I-10 and 110, and Quave said the city doesn't want to have to close new roads while construction of access roads is under way.
Although some drivers may be confused by the new traffic patterns, City Manager Bobby Eleuterius said he hears only compliments about the bridge over 67/115 and how much better traffic already flows in the city.Related Articles:
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