How to get your car out of impound in Harvey

Algiers tows still route through the Claiborne Avenue Auto Pound, since Algiers is Orleans Parish. Everywhere else on this side of the river, Gretna, Harvey, Marrero, Westwego, Terrytown, and Belle Chasse, sits in Jefferson or Plaquemines Parish, so call the number on the tow-away sign or the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office at (504) 363-5500 instead.

The Harvey Canal is a working marine and oilfield-services waterway lined with tugboat, barge, and heavy-equipment operators, making this the metro's strongest heavy-duty and commercial-fleet towing market on the whole West Bank. Harvey sits in Jefferson Parish, where the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, (504) 363-5500, jpso.com/378/Payments, handles impound matters. The parish's own towing rate ordinance could not be confirmed, so the Louisiana Public Service Commission's statewide schedule governs instead: $152.50 an hour for Light Duty, 1.5-hour minimum, up to $430.50 an hour for Heavy Duty with a 1-hour minimum, and $299.00 an hour on top of standard recovery for rotator work, which requires photo or video proof under state rules. That heavier tier matters here given the canal's tug and barge traffic. Ordinary Westbank Expressway commuter volume adds to the industrial base, along with a Honduran and Central American population share that's grown fast in recent years. Harvey's population reached 22,236 in 2020, with a median household income of $41,559 and roughly 16.6% of residents below the poverty line. The area is also home to the Jefferson Parish Public School System's headquarters and the Jane O'Brien Chatelain library.

Harvey runs along the Harvey Canal, a working marine and oilfield-services waterway lined with tugboat operators, barge companies, and heavy-equipment yards, and that makes this the strongest heavy-duty and commercial-fleet towing market on the whole West Bank. Tugboats and barges aren't our call type, but the trucks, trailers, and fleet vehicles that service that industrial corridor are, and that work runs on a different schedule than residential towing, odd hours tied to shift changes and vessel schedules rather than a normal 9-to-5. Layer that on top of ordinary Westbank Expressway commuter volume along Peters Rd and Manhattan Blvd, and a Honduran and Central American population share that's grown fast in the last two decades, and Harvey is a market where both bilingual service and heavy-duty capability matter. We reach the Harvey Canal industrial corridor, Manhattan Blvd, and the Westbank Expressway in about 25 to 35 minutes, and we run the right truck for the job, wheel-lift for a stranded sedan, flatbed or heavy-duty for anything off the industrial yards.