Bigger Mardi Gras Crowd Prompts Potty Problem

[matcom]

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NEW ORLEANS -- The Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans is expecting a stream of contributions during Mardi Gras.

The Catholic school has a bank of porta-potties for revelers seeking relief. A one-time trip costs $1, and an all-day pass is $5.

While New Orleans may be long on Mardi Gras fun, it's short on places for a pit stop.

Author Julie Smith and her husband Lee own a house in the French Quarter. She said the locals know to tape up their mail slots during Mardi Gras, which runs through Tuesday.

The city is also focusing on trash collecting. New Orleans is paying a record amount of money to pick up trash, but the real test always comes with Carnival, reported WDSU-TV.

Jacques Creppel, who has owned and operated the Columns Hotel with his wife for 27 years, said the new trash contractors have been cleaning the Uptown parade route almost immediately following the parades.

"It's better for the tourists if it's clean. It makes a better impression on the city," he said.

In fact, the contractors are cleaning up twice.

http://www.wftv.com/travelgetaways/11033650/detail.html

[KamaAina]

1. Mr. Creppel would know a thing or two about trash

the Columns Hotel was a favorite of Jimmy Swaggart in his heyday :evilgrin: