The Advocate - Thu March 11, 2021
Finish of Baton Rouge's $343M Anti-Flood Project Pushed to Late 2022
The Comite River Diversion Canal, a long-awaited flood-control channel for the Baton Rouge, La., area, is expected to take a year longer than anticipated to build and will not be finished until December 2022, federal officials have announced....
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Tue March 02, 2021
Louisiana Plans to Spend $877M on 23 Square Miles of Coastal Projects
The Bayou State wants to spend $877 million in fiscal 2022 on coastal projects building more than 23 square miles of land and on advancing hurricane storm surge reduction work along the state's southeastern and south-central shoreline....
KATC-TV - Thu January 14, 2021
Restoration of Bird Nesting Habitat Begins on Louisiana's Rabbit Island
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced Jan. 12 that operations had gotten under way to restore Rabbit Island, the only Brown Pelican colony in southwest Louisiana. Located in the southwest portion of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish, Rabbit Island is the first rebuild of a waterbird colony since the successful restoration of Queen Bess Island a year ago, which saw a dramatic increase in nesting activity immediately following its completion....
The Advocate - Wed December 30, 2020
Louisiana Town Testing New Bid Process in High School Upgrade
As it prepares to make major renovations and additions to its lone high school, an East Baton Rouge, La., school district is testing out a building process it has not used before. Rather than submitting traditional bids, six companies in December offered "statements of qualifications" laying out why they should manage the work at Central High School, in the town of Central, La....
CEG - Wed December 30, 2020
Louisiana DOT Replacing Bridges on Opposite Ends of State
Crews will soon get to work to replace a small road bridge in northwest Louisiana, while far to the southeast, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, a temporary span across Bayou Chevreuil is already being built to carry traffic once efforts ramp up on a longer, wider bridge in 2022....
KPLC Digital Team - Tue December 29, 2020
Hurricane-Ravaged Lake Charles, La., to Get New National Guard Center
Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2021 on a 60,000-plus sq. ft. National Guard readiness center at Chennault International Airport. The $24 million Lake Charles Readiness Center will be the future home of multiple Louisiana National Guard (LANG) units who experienced damage to their armory during Hurricane Laura....
KTBS-TV - Mon December 21, 2020
Louisiana Highway Connecting Port to I-49 on Fast Track for Construction
A new 10.5-mi. highway that will provide direct access from Louisiana's Port of Caddo-Bossier to Interstate 49 is on a fast track for approval. The DeSoto Parish Police Jury (DPPJ) and Port of Caddo-Bossier commission members at their separate meetings Dec....
CEG - Mon December 21, 2020
Louisiana Secures Alternative Funding for $366M Flood Protection Project
Louisiana officials have announced that construction on a $366 million flood protection project will begin using an alternative financing plan approved by the state legislature earlier this year. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) said Dec....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 30, 2020
Racing to Beat the Next Hurricane Season
Work is under way to construct a permanent floodgate on Bayou Chene near Morgan City, La., that will provide backwater flood protection for six parishes in the path of Mississippi and Atchafalaya river overflows that result from high water events....
Louisiana DOTD - Mon November 23, 2020
Louisiana DOTD Provides Updates on Two Big Interstate 10 Projects
Road work got under way in mid-November on one large Interstate 10 widening project in western Louisiana, while adjacent to New Orleans, another hefty interchange project is progressing, according to updates from the state's Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)....
