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Louisiana DOTD braces for Hurricane Delta while still cleaning up after Laura
While still cleaning up after Hurricane Laura, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is preparing for Hurricane Delta, which was forecast to strike the state’s coast Friday as a Category 2 storm. The department was closing bridges to boat traffic and cleaning clogged ditches Thursday and Friday in southern Louisiana. Mandatory evacuations were in […]
October 9, 2020
Roadbuilding
La. DOTD awards $23.4 million in road, bridge construction
Construction bids were let on 11 projects totaling $23.4 million for Louisiana roads and bridges. The state’s Department of Transportation and Development released the following low bids: Bridge Replacement and Repair Welcome Cemetery Road Bridge over Menace Creek in Vernon Parish: $392,262.50 North Flannery/Firewood/Cloverland Bridges in East Baton Rouge Parish: $1,875,442.10 LA 1 between Leeville […]
January 3, 2018
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOTD lets $40.7 million in road and bridge contracts
Nineteen Louisiana road and bridge projects now have low-bidding contractors. The projects total $40.7 million, says the state Department of Transportation and Development. The projects and their apparent low bids are as follows: Bridge replacement and repair The Blanchard Furrh Road/Choctaw Bayou bridge replacement in Caddo Parish: $634,127.15 Bridge replacements to Tucker, Dyer and Denham Road […]
October 20, 2017
Roadbuilding
La. task force recommends $700 million annual increase for infrastructure investment
The Louisiana Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment has adopted 10 resolutions that address policy and financing recommendations, an action that comes after six months of meetings across the state. Gov. John Bel Edwards will consider the resolutions in preparation for the 2017 Regular Legislative Session. The most significant of the resolutions is the […]
December 19, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOT seeks design-build bids for I-10 expansion in East Baton Rouge, Ascension parishes
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for design-build bids for widening seven miles of Interstate 10 spanning Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the project earlier this month as a means for easing congestion in the area. “The widening of I-10 in […]
September 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana flooding closes more than 280 state roads, portions of interstates
The flooding in Louisiana August 12-14 led the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) to close more than 280 state roads, as well as portions of Interstate 12 and I-10 in the Baton Rouge and Slidell areas. At one point two main sections of I-12 were closed—eastbound between U.S. 61 and Louisiana 1026 and […]
August 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana awarded $60 million FASTLANE grant for I-10 pavement replacement
Louisiana has been awarded $60 million in a U.S. Department of Transportation FASTLANE grant to use toward adding lanes and replacing 15 miles of pavement on Interstate 10. The state had applied for $100 million for the project in a submission in April. Officials say the total project cost will exceed $300 million.  “We are […]
July 8, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOTD cancels bridge rehab contract to use money to build new structure
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) has cancelled the rehabilitation contract for work on the Jimmie Davis Bridge in Bossier City to instead use the funds to design and build a completely new bridge. Roughly 21,500 vehicles daily travel across the bridge, which was built in 1968. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the […]
June 23, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOTD Sec. Wilson adds 4 executive staff members
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) Secretary Shawn Wilson has added four members to his executive staff, with three being part of the previous administration. “I have worked with these highly qualified individuals as they joined the executive team at LDOTD. They have a wealth of knowledge and experience that I value,” Wilson says. […]
February 9, 2016
Roadbuilding
Four executive staff members added to Louisiana DOTD
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) has added four executive staff members under the direction of new department Secretary Shawn Wilson’s direction. Myles Brumfield has been named Confidential Assistant to the Secretary, after previously serving as Special Assistant to Gov. John Bel Edwards. Chance McNeely will serve as Assistant to the Secretary for […]
January 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOTD and preservation office team up with FHWA on historic bridge management agreement
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD), Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are working together on a historic bridge management program to aid in preservation efforts for the structures. The “Programmatic Agreement” was “executed” October 1 and will last 20 years. It sets up planning and procedures for […]
October 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOTD launches Katrina video series documenting improvements made since the storm
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is releasing a video series that features employees involved in the recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which decimated portions New Orleans 10 years ago this week. The videos also focus on LDOTD’s infrastructure improvements designed to help in mass evacuations, one of the major problems […]
August 25, 2015
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