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Special fees proposed for Lower 9th Ward tours

By Stacey Plaisance
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tour bus operators are a step closer to paying the city hundreds of dollars in fees to resume tours of the rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina under way in the Lower 9th Ward.

A package of ordinances that restricts the buses to major thoroughfares and requires the special fees is being introduced at the City Council this month. The first was introduced Thursday, and the others will be introduced at the council’s next meeting on Nov. 15.

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