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Posted Sep 18, 2020
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department crews will be working Saturdays for the next few weeks on a project that is designed to improve traffic flow at the intersection of Linton Rd. and Palmetto Rd.
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Posted Sep 18, 2020
Workers have finished fine tuning the site of the new ground storage tank at Dogwood for the Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage Dist. No. 1, according to Director of Public Utilities Larry Landry.
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Posted Sep 18, 2020
A free Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) workshop and field tour will be held Friday, Oct. 2 at Red Oak Lake near Haughton to provide information to forest landowners on how to make their woodlands healthier, more profitable, and sustainable.
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Posted Sep 18, 2020
A plan to bring high speed internet service to one rural area of Bossier Parish will go under review by a Bossier Parish Police Jury committee after the public body heard a proposal during Wednesday’s meeting.
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Posted Sep 11, 2020
In order to spend federal dollars on local transportation projects and programs, a metropolitan area must have a Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP, or the Long-Range Transportation Plan).
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Posted Sep 11, 2020
Small business owners in the state could be eligible for up to $15,000 in expenses incurred during COVID 19 under a new state law, the Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program.
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Posted Sep 9, 2020
A pair of bridges on crucial roadways in Bossier Parish are currently being replaced as part of the Police Jury’s plan for infrastructure improvement.
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Posted Sep 5, 2020
Shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, a 26-foot truck loaded with much needed supplies left the Benton courthouse heading to Calcasieu Parish. With the effort, Bossier Parish is helping a friend that stepped up when help was needed.
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Posted Sep 5, 2020
Parish Engineer Butch Ford said he considered Wednesday “…a red letter day…” after Bossier Parish Police Jury members approved a change order for the Swan Lake Rd. north/south corridor project.
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Posted Sep 5, 2020
All 12 members of the Bossier Parish Police Jury sit as the board of supervisors of Sewer District No. 1 of the Parish of Bossier.
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Posted Sep 3, 2020
One week ago, parish police jury highway department crews were working around the clock to remove trees and debris blocking roadways in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Although Laura has gone, her destruction is still evident.
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Posted Sep 3, 2020
Swan Lake Road’s southbound lane at I-220 will be closed Sunday, Sept. 6 beginning at 8 p.m. for work associated with the widening of Swan Lake at the interchange, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development.
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Posted Sep 1, 2020
Additional work is planned on the Dogwood subdivision water facility Tuesday, Sept. 1 beginning after 9 p.m. and that will require a switch to the Highland Water System for several hours.
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Posted Sep 1, 2020
WHEREAS, pursuant to La. R.S. 29:727, the President of the Bossier Parish Police Jury has hereby declared a State of Emergency due to the statewide public health emergency issued by Governor John Bel Edwards, with the most recent being Proclamation Number 110 JBE 2020 issued on August 26, 2020, supplementing the declaration of emergency in Proclamation Number 101 JBE 2020, and the mitigation measures therein; Therefore, Proclamation Number 110 JBE 2020 shall remain in full force and effect until it expires on Friday, September 11, 2020, unless extended, in response to the threat posed by COVID-19.
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Posted Sep 1, 2020
Louisiana is trying to determine the damage to residential structures and businesses throughout Bossier Parish from Hurricane Laura, and the following is the reporting web app the state is using.
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Posted Aug 29, 2020
Work is scheduled to begin Monday, August 31 on replacing the bridge on Johnson Koran Road over Foxskin Bayou, a project that is expected to take approximately six months.
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Posted Aug 26, 2020
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury have completed a five-lane overlay of Airline Dr. beginning at the Bossier City limits and continuing north to just past Kingston Rd.
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Posted Aug 7, 2020
WHEREAS, pursuant to La. R.S. 29:727, the President of the Bossier Parish Police Jury has hereby declared a State of Emergency due to the statewide public health emergency issued by Governor John Bel Edwards, with the most recent being Proclamation Number 101 JBE 2020 issued on August 6, 2020, supplementing the declaration of emergency in Proclamation Number 96 JBE 2020, and the mitigation measures therein; Therefore, Proclamation Number 101 JBE 2020 shall remain in full force and effect until it expires on Friday, August 28, 2020, unless extended, in response to the threat posed by COVID-19.
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Posted Aug 6, 2020
Bossier Parish voters will soon decide on renewal of a smaller ad valorem tax that generates funds dedicated to maintaining and operating the parish’s correctional facilities including transportation and medical care for prisoners.
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Posted Aug 3, 2020
Bossier Parish Administrator Bill Altimus has been named a vice chair of the Transportation Steering Committee for the National Association of Counties.
