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Posted Oct 15, 2020
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department workers are applying a new overlay of asphalt to Firetower Rd. in north Bossier Parish. The project is part of the parish's road construction and repair program.
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Posted Oct 15, 2020
A $2.8 million asphalt overlay project will improve nearly seven miles of La. Hwy. 529 in northeast Bossier Parish, according to an announcement by the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development.
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Posted Oct 5, 2020
A pair of bridge projects on heavily travelled roadways in the parish designed to increase the size and safety of the structures are proceeding on schedule.
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Posted Sep 18, 2020
Beginning Sunday, Sept. 27, Swan Lake Rd. northbound at I-220 will be closed, according to the state Dept. of Transportation and Development. Road closure will begin at 8 p.m. and re-open on Monday, Sept. 28 at 5 a.m.
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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 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 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
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 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 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 3, 2020
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury have begun work on major infrastructure projects designed to improve parish roads and bridges.
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Posted Aug 1, 2020
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury have poured the surface for a new bridge at Swan Lake Rd. (just off Poole Rd.) over the Flat River and are moving closer to completion. Dirt work on approaches to the bridge is ongoing.
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Posted Jul 24, 2020
Swan Lake Rd.’s southbound lane beneath Interstate 220 will be closed for construction Monday, July 27 beginning at 8 p.m. and will reopen July 28 at 5 a.m.
Also closed will be the I-220 eastbound exit ramp, and law enforcement officers will be on site to help accommodate traffic control on Swan Lake Rd.
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Posted Jul 22, 2020
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department crews have begun pulling extra duty in efforts to maintain drainage ditches throughout the parish.
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Posted Jul 20, 2020
Area motorists travelling on I-220 and Swan Lake Rd. will be looking at a series of detours and closures beginning July 29 when contractors begin a project to widen lanes on Swan Lake at its intersection with the I-220 overpass.
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Posted Jul 16, 2020
Contractors are continuing repairs to a drainage system in Kingston Plantation subdivision. High ground water levels are causing failures to some sections of pipe in the system.
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Posted Jul 14, 2020
Several Bossier Parish Police Jury construction projects on parish roads and bridges will begin soon, some which will require closure of thoroughfares for periods ranging from a few days up to three months.
