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Posted Oct 17, 2019
A pair of Louisiana state senators will receive special recognition Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. for their efforts in helping obtain funding for an eastern entrance to Barksdale Air Force Base.
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Posted Aug 14, 2019
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury began Monday demolishing the bridge on Sligo Rd. spanning Foxskin Bayou to make way for a new structure. Sligo Rd. is closed roughly one mile west of its intersection with La. Hwy. 157.
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Posted Aug 8, 2019
Shovels of dirt were turned by Gov. John Bel Edwards and a number of dignitaries a couple of months ago to signal the ceremonial start of the I-220 extension onto Barksdale Air Force Base. On Monday, heavy equipment began clearing a roadway and moving debris by the truckload.
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Posted Aug 6, 2019
Motorists will no longer have to take the long way around to drive from Airline Dr. to I-220. Contractors opened the new Swan Lake Rd. bridge over Flat River Tuesday afternoon in time for the opening of school.
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Posted Aug 6, 2019
Sligo Rd. will be closed beginning Monday, August 12 while contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury begin rebuilding bridges over Fox Skin Bayou, approximately two miles west of the intersection with La. Hwy. 157.
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Posted Jul 21, 2019
Residents in one high traffic area of Willow Creek subdivision won’t be seeing large trucks on their streets after the Bossier Parish Police Jury passed an ordinance prohibiting such vehicles from using the neighborhood as a detour route.
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Posted Jun 22, 2019
Improvements to the drainage where Kingston crosses Willow Chute Bayou has been completed and the roadway connecting Airline Dr. and La. Hwy. 3 was declared open to traffic shortly after noon Saturday.
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Posted May 15, 2019
Local and state elected officials plus a large gathering of area supporters saw the first shovels of dirt turned on the future extension of I-220 into Barksdale Air Force Base, a roughly $90 million project that will finally give the base an entrance/exit onto I-20.
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Posted May 8, 2019
Samples of soil cement, the staple base for asphalt roads for years, are being drilled by contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury in an attempt to prove a point with a federal agency that could translate into millions of dollars for the parish.
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Posted Apr 24, 2019
It’s official. A contract was signed and notice to proceed was issued Wednesday to mark the beginning of a $71.8 million project that will construct a new access road into Barksdale Air Force Base from the I-20/I-220 interchange east of Bossier City.
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Posted Mar 27, 2019
It’s official. Bossier Parish now has just over 20 million dollars available for parish road and bridge repairs, and to purchase additional water systems, beginning almost immediately and continuing through 2021.
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Posted Jan 31, 2019
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Posted Dec 5, 2018
State Department of Transportation and Development inspectors are currently taking a look at Bossier Parish bridges and according to parish engineer Butch Ford, some findings in south Bossier need to be addressed.
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Posted Sep 21, 2018
Another parish road is getting a facelift as part of the police jury’s road repair and renovation program.
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Posted Aug 16, 2018
Bossier Parish will soon officially become a partner in the Barksdale Access Interchange Improvement Project that will provide a north/south access road from the intersection of I-20 and I-220 to a new Barksdale Air Force Base entrance gate.
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Posted Jun 22, 2018
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn D. Wilson, has announced a significant advancement in the I-20/I-220 Interchange into Barksdale Air Force Base Project in Bossier Parish.
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Posted Jun 19, 2018
Bossier Parish’s commercial vehicle enforcement unit will begin a public safety program focusing on parish bridges that have posted weight restrictions.
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Posted Jun 11, 2018
Something old is getting a fresh face while something new rolls steadily along.
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Posted May 21, 2018
The Bossier Parish Police Jury will be making improvements to the Kingston Road corridor ahead of the new Benton High School opening next fall.
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Posted May 7, 2018
Motorists travelling through one busy intersection in south Bossier Parish could find their trip a little different in the near future.
