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Covington council approves sale of small Joyner Street parcel to return unusable strip to commerce
Summary
The Covington City Council voted April 1 to authorize the mayor to sell a narrow unused portion of Joyner Street, a remnant left after a decades-old road-widening project, returning the parcel to private use and enabling commercial development, council members said.
The Covington City Council on April 1 adopted an ordinance (item 2025-04-01) authorizing the mayor to sell a narrow portion of Joyner Street in Covington, St. Tammany Parish, the council said during a public hearing and vote.
City Attorney Rod Rotary told the council the strip was taken out of commerce when the state expropriated a large portion of the square for the widening of Collins Boulevard about 50 years ago and that the remaining strip does…
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