Plans to redevelop the edge of West End Park — an abandoned site overlooking Lake Pontchartrain that was home to popular waterfront restaurants before Hurricane Katrina — are moving forward after years of false starts, raising fresh concerns from residents of nearby boathouses.
At a community meeting Tuesday night, consultants and elected officials from Orleans and Jefferson parishes asked residents what they’d like to see at the site — feedback that will be used to help draw up specs to hire a developer later this year to come up with a plan.
But the meeting at the Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library, the first of two this week, was overwhelmingly attended by boathouse owners, who said they oppose bringing any type of commercial development back to the site. They are pushing, instead, for more green…
