Louisiana’s Baton Rouge, chamber presses for added use of tolling The Advocate » The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is once again making the region’s transportation “crisis” one of its top priorities for the upcoming regular legislative session, and is continuing the call for funding to build a new Mississippi River bridge. Michelle2018-05-01T10:41:24-08:00March 8th, 2018|Bridges, Louisiana, Tolling|
$600M in Louisiana Interstate Projects Moving Toward Reality U.S. News » Louisiana intends to use a federal transportation borrowing tool to construct $600 million in interstate projects that have been sought for decades to relieve traffic headaches, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday. The biggest-ticket project is a $350 million widening of Interstate 10 from the Mississippi River Bridge to Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge, a daily chokepoint also considered one of Louisiana’s most dangerous stretches of roadway. Michelle2018-02-09T16:06:14-08:00January 12th, 2018|Bridges, Highways, Louisiana|