<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Why is the project at the intersection of Cleveland and Moss streets taking so long? It has been going on for more than three (maybe four) months.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">In industry, it could have been done in less than three weeks. The extra time has to cost more, with the cost of equipment on the site for so long being considered.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“This project is being completed by a contractor and involves a full renovation of the Cleveland Street sewer lift station, including the replacement of two pumps, piping, construction of temporary driveways for nearby homes, excavating and backfilling,”</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Mister Edwards, the city’s public works director, said in a statement forwarded to The Informer.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“As with most rehabilitation projects, discoveries are made during the project that alter the scope of work. Replacement of a hatch cover and a portion of the lift station roof was added to this project as the existing features were discovered to be in poor condition.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The contractor had 75 working days to finish the project, but 24 rain days have pushed back the completion date, Edwards said. Workers have repaved Cleveland, which is open during evenings and weekends and when crews aren’t on the job, he said.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“A preliminary pump and panel check was performed on Oct. 31. Following a final inspection, the private drives will be restored and the project completed,” Edwards said. “We apologize for the inconvenience that this project has caused, but it is being done in a cost-efficient manner.”</span>

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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">Online:</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">www.cityoflakecharles.com.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;" class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">Junk-mail stoppage lasts for five years</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Is there any way to stop junk mail from coming to your house?</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Yes.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">To remove your address — for five years — from the lists used by members of the Direct Marketing Association, visit www.dmachoice.org and register for the group’s mail preference service.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Additionally, you can submit a stoppage request via post by using a form available online; include $1 to cover processing. For more information, call 212-768-7277, ext. 1888.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The DMA says its members account for 80 percent of direct-marketing mail and that consumers can request stops to credit offers, catalogs, donation requests, and retail and bank offers.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“Because some mailings are prepared far in advance of when you receive them, please allow 90 days for your request to take effect,” reads the DMA’s website.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“If a company has not taken your requested action after 90 days, please report them to us.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~AHeadBrief">Closures determined on case-by-case basis</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">How low does a school’s enrollment have to be before the school is closed?</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“There is not a certain enrollment number that mandates a school be closed,” school system spokeswoman Holly Holland wrote in an email.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“The closure of any school is solely the decision of the Calcasieu Parish School Board and is determined on a case-by-case basis.”</span>

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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">Online:</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">www.cpsb.org.</span>

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