New Orleans City Councilmember Jean-Paul Morrell revealed on Wednesday that the barriers on Bourbon Street were in the process of being repaired when the recent incident occurred. Despite efforts to fix and replace the barriers, the suspect managed to evade them by driving over the sidewalk, bypassing the area where repairs were underway. Morrell explained that even if the bollard barriers had been in place, the suspect's maneuver of riding on the sidewalk would have rendered them ineffective.
