North Oaks Drive Now Open
“North Oaks Drive,” a new secondary access road for North Oaks Medical Center from Club Deluxe Road in Hammond, is now open, according to Brian Hannah, North Oaks Facility Development and Property Management Officer.

The road formally opened at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 1 immediately following a preview tour and ribbon cutting with North Oaks officials and local dignitaries.
 
North Oaks Drive represents a $3.4 million investment in the community by the health system. The lighted roadway is six-tenths mile in length and has been built to highway standards to improve patient and visitor safety and convenience as a secondary access point to the North Oaks Medical Center campus. The new road also opens up access to 32 acres of North Oaks-owned land across Arnold Creek.

The posted speed limits for North Oaks Drive are 25 miles per hour in the straight-aways and 15 miles per hour in curves.
 
Industrial Enterprises served as contractor on the project, which was engineered by CSRS, Inc., both of Baton Rouge. North Oaks Drive construction began in March 2006 and took 8 months to complete.

For more information about North Oaks Drive, please call North Oaks Marketing and Business Development at
(985) 230-6647.

North Oaks Health System officials and local dignitaries participated in a preview tour and ribbon cutting for the completed “North Oaks Drive” on Friday, December 1 prior to the new road’s afternoon opening. From left are Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess, North Oaks Chief Executive Officer James E. Cathey Jr., North Oaks Board of Commissioners member A.J. Bodker, North Oaks Board of Commissioners Vice-chairman Guy Recotta, North Oaks Operations Officer Michele Sutton, North Oaks Board of Commissioners Chairman J. Larry Fambrough, MD, City of Ponchatoula Mayor and North Oaks Board of Commissioners member Robert Zabbia, City of Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster; and State Representative Henry “Tank” Powell. The lighted roadway is six-tenths mile in length and has been built to highway standards to improve patient and visitor safety and convenience as a secondary access point to the North Oaks Medical Center campus.