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Summer 2025 at the Wildwood boardwalk to include bolstered security, officials say
The upgrades come in the aftermath of a vehicle-ramming attack that killed more than a dozen in New Orleans at another ...
MinnPost15d
How the oft-forgotten urban pawn, the lowly bollard, can save lives
As the threat of vehicular violence has increased over the last few years, official allergies toward bollards look misplaced. As vehicles grow larger, more powerful, and with higher front ends ...
New Orleans was replacing bollard street barriers at time of New Year's attack
Bollards are effective against vehicle assaults. The driver of the attack vehicle was able to get around temporary roadblocks.
ABC News27d
New Orleans police say they didn't anticipate a vehicular attack would thwart their security measures
New Orleans police said they did not anticipate that a vehicular attack would thwart ... Protective posts known as bollards, which are designed to block traffic, were in the process of being ...
The New York Times26d
Could Better Security Have Stopped the New Orleans Terror Attack?
The concerns about a vehicular ramming attack and malfunctioning bollards were in a confidential portion of the report that was not released publicly. The French Quarter did take steps to improve ...
justthenews15d
Newly acquired New Orleans street barriers inadequate for high-speed attacks, expert warns
In New York City, after a 2017 vehicular attack killed eight people, officials invested $50 million in protective measures, including 1,500 metal bollards at high-traffic locations. These permanent ...
CNN on MSN24d
Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t
Throngs of New Year’s Day revelers packed in the city’s bustling French Quarter had no strong barriers to protect them from speeding vehicles like the 6,000-pound truck that plowed into the crowd and ...
USA Today23d
New Orleans security barriers were being replaced prior to deadly attack, officials say
The bollards were implemented in response to recent "vehicular attacks on pedestrian malls around the globe" and other violent incidents in the city's historic French Quarter. A 2017 report ...
CBS News22d
Years of warnings preceded Bourbon Street attack as bollard repairs lagged
"The risk of terrorism - specifically mass shootings and vehicular attacks - remains highly possible while moderately probable," the report states. "Interfor strongly recommends bollard ...
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Tommy Tucker & Collin Arnold: Bollards, barriers, both? How should NOLA invest in reducing risk of terror attacks?
In 2019, a private security firm issued a report stating the risk of terrorism in the French Quarter was “highly possible” — specifically for mass shootings and vehicular attacks.
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Police say they didn't anticipate sidewalk vehicle attack in New Orleans
New Orleans police said they did not anticipate that a vehicular attack would thwart ... Protective posts known as bollards, which are designed to block traffic, were in the process of being ...
New Orleans Vehicle Attack Barriers Were Being Replaced, Not Engaged
State officials plan to complete the bollard replacement project by February to ensure pedestrian safety during the Super Bowl.