Canal Street open both sides to traffic near Hard Rock collapse site Share Updated: 6:24 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 Share Updated: 6:24 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AUBRY: THIS IS A DAY AND MOMENT THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS ALL ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. BEHIND ME, I SEE SOME MOVE THE CARS LINING UP. WE WERE THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE WERE COVERING A STORY ON THE STREET REOPENING. THEN THE CARS STARTED MOVING. YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVER RIGHT HERE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS MOMENT. WE HAVE JODI JOINING US. YOU SAW THIS AND CAME OVER. EXPLAIN. >> I GOT THE POP UP ON MY PHONE AND WAS SO EXCITED IT HAS FINALLY REOPENED. THINK OF WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THEY GET THE STREETCAR HOOKED UP AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE OPENING AGAIN FOR BROADWAY IN NEW ORLEANS. THEN FOR THE TOURISTS TO COME DOWN HERE. THE HOTELS THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE DISRUPTION, AND ALL OF US, THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING. >> YOU SEEMED EMOTIONAL. >> GOD REST THE SOULS WE LOST IN THIS COLLAPSE. I HOPE THEIR FAMILIES FIND PEACE . IT HAS BEEN 18 MONTHS OF THIS CITY AND THIS EYESORE AND THE TRAGEDY THAT REMINDS US EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HAVE TO SEE IT. AUBRY: WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THE CITY HAS SET UP A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME UP AND DOWN THE AREA. THIS WAS SET UP MO