Non-essential Jefferson Parish Offices and Activities Close
29 August 2008
Non-essential Jefferson Parish activities and facilities, such as parks, playgrounds and libraries, will suspend operations indefinitely at the end of the day today, Aug. 29, 2008, at their normal closing times. Events scheduled through today and this evening will proceed as planned.
Jefferson Transit (JeT) buses will change operations as of midnight tonight so that the parish transit buses can prepare for their role in the publicly assisted evacuation.
Tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, the buses will run their normal routes and stop at all established bus stops to pick up those residents who have no other means to evacuate the parish.
On Saturday and continuing throughout the publicly assisted evacuation, JeT buses will take all passengers to one of the two Parish Processing Points, the Joseph S. Yenni Building in Elmwood on the East Bank or the John Alario Events Center in Westwego on the West Bank. Once there, passengers will be transferred to buses provided by the state to be taken to an emergency evacuation shelter out of the area.
