Bollards are effective against vehicle assaults. The driver of the attack vehicle was able to get around temporary roadblocks.

(Michael DeMocker/Getty Images) Steel bollards, or barriers meant to prevent vehicles from driving into busy streets, weren’t up at the time of the attack, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya ...

The Department of Public Works had contracted Hard Rock Construction Co., LLC to replace the old bollards with new removable stainless steel bollards. "The current bollards on Bourbon Street ...

Bollards are short, vertical posts that are used to serve as physical and visual barriers and are typically constructed of stainless steel, aluminum or concrete. According to the New Orleans ...

The stainless-steel bollards were removed in November as part of an overhaul of the security system, Nola.com reported. Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove ...

The project reportedly started back in November, with the goal of replacing the old bollards with new, removable stainless steel ones. New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno reportedly said ...

The older barriers — known as bollards — were being ... according to metal producer The Federal Group USA. The posts are typically made of stainless steel, aluminum, or concrete.

Steel barriers on New Orleans’s Bourbon Street had been malfunctioning and bollards on the popular thoroughfare were down for repair ahead of a deadly attack early Wednesday morning, ...