Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Fri February 09, 2018

Gilchrist Works on Its Portion of DOTD's I-10

Crews from Gilchrist Construction Company LLC have been working steadily on the $54.7 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) project along 2.7 mi. of Interstate I-10 to reconstruct and widen the four-lane (two lanes in each direction) section of highway....

Tue January 02, 2018

Louisiana DOTD Breaks Ground on Hwy 42 Widening

​Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson joined Gov. John Bel Edwards and other state and local officials Nov. 30 to officially launch a project to widen state highway 42 in Ascension Parish southeast of Baton Rouge....

Mon November 06, 2017

DOTD Sees $60.8M for Road Projects

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) recently received $60.8 million in additional federal funds for highway projects. The department qualified for the additional federal funds after successfully allocating the full amount of its available federal funding to construction projects for the 2016 to 17 federal fiscal year....

Mon August 28, 2017

DOTD Signs Design-Build Contract to Widen Interstate-10

Sec. Shawn D. Wilson, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), announced that the multi-million dollar, design-build contract to widen Interstate-10 from four to six lanes east of Highland Road to LA 73 has been signed, and the notice to proceed has been issued....