New Orleans City Council members have agreed to spend $5 million on infrastructure work on the former Six Flags site in New Orleans East, as the Bayou Phoenix redevelopment team works to bring the site back into commerce.

Bayou Phoenix has already started demolition on the amusement rides and buildings at the former theme park site, abandoned since Hurricane Katrina. The site has faced many obstacles to redevelopment over the past two decades.

The deal, approved by the council in a unanimous vote on Thursday, is between the city and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority, which owns the land. The city will issue $1 million to NORA this year and the remaining $4 million in 2026.

The money will be used to clear 20 years' worth of overgrown trees, weeds and grass on the site. NORA will

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