Progress on the elevated highway to Port Fourchon continues as the LA 1 Coalition continues to look for money for the next phase.Construction is underway to widen the curve on the Leeville Bridge and add a short extension for the planned elevated highway to Golden Meadow, LA 1 Coalition Executive Director Henri Boulet told the Lafourche Parish Council last week."We're working very hard on… Read more »
Today, 90 percent of Americans believe that able-bodied adults receiving welfare assistance should be required to work or prepare for work. As the House and Senate work to reconcile their two different versions of the Farm Bill in conference committee, the reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) program in the House-passed version are an important first step… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (R-South Louisiana) announced today that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is awarding $80,699,190 in new federal funding to Louisiana to advance many projects statewide.The important I-10 Interchange at Pecue Lane is among those projects. With clearing and grubbing mostly completed, these new funds will provide for bridge construction and… Read more »
BATON ROUGE -- Allocation of more than $80 million in federal funds could send several improvement projects statewide to the express route.The Federal Highway Administration awarded $80,699,190 in new federal funding to Louisiana to advance major roadwork across the state.The Interstate 10 interchange at Pecue Lane on the south end of Baton Rouge is included in the project list.Clearing… Read more »
A $237.7 million plan to deepen the main channel of the Mississippi River to 50 feet from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle earlier this month - a recommendation of approval by the Army Corps of Engineers senior civil engineer. The decision was praised Friday (Aug. 17) by Gov. John Bel Edwards, members of the state's Congressional delegation, and… Read more »
LAPLACE, La. (LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) - An 18-mile levee to protect land near Lake Pontchartrain from storm surges could be finished by the 2023 hurricane season, an Army Corps of Engineers district commander said Monday.
The $760 million West Shore Hurricane Protection Project will stretch from the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish to the Hope Canal in St. John the Baptist Parish.… Read more »
The 18-mile, $760 million West Shore Lake Pontchartrain hurricane levee could be under construction by early 2021 and could be completed by mid-2023, in time for that year's hurricane season, the commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District office said Monday.
"It's very common for projects to get just a small trickle of funding year after year and to take a very long… Read more »
LAPLACE, LA (WVUE) - Local and federal officials gathered Monday to celebrate a major milestone in securing full funding for long-awaited hurricane and flood protection for the River Parishes area. Few can forget the catastrophic flooding that occurred in August 2012 when Hurricane Isaac swelled the waters of Lake Pontchartrain causing a huge storm surge that invaded nearby… Read more »
DENHAM SPRINGS, LA (WAFB) -
On the two-year anniversary of the historic flood, the Livingston Parish School System is moving on to its final phase of flood recovery with the destruction of a school that couldn't be repaired.
The demolition and therefore, rebuilding process, of Denham Springs Elementary has begun. Educators, along with state, federal, and parish leaders gathered at the… Read more »
