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Johnson Koran Road Bridge Closure
Posted Aug 29, 2020Work 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. -
Airline Drive Overlay Complete
Posted Aug 26, 2020Contractors 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. -
Parish Road Work Update
Posted Aug 3, 2020Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury have begun work on major infrastructure projects designed to improve parish roads and bridges. -
Swan Lake Road Bridge Update
Posted Aug 1, 2020Contractors 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. -
Swan Lake Road Closure: Monday, July 27
Posted Jul 24, 2020Swan 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. -
Weekend Ditch Clearing
Posted Jul 22, 2020Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department crews have begun pulling extra duty in efforts to maintain drainage ditches throughout the parish. -
Swan Lake Road Construction Closures
Posted Jul 20, 2020Area 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. -
Kingston Plantation Subdivision Drainage Work Continues
Posted Jul 16, 2020Contractors 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. -
Bossier Parish Police Jury Road Construction Projects
Posted Jul 14, 2020Several 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. -
New Water Tanks for Dogwood Subdivision
Posted Jun 27, 2020Customers of Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District #1 in Haughton’s Dogwood subdivision will soon see their water system upgraded with the installation of a new 321,000 gallon, epoxy water tank. -
Swan Lake Road Closure
Posted Jun 20, 2020Swan Lake Rd. will be closed for approximately six months beginning July 15 while contractors for Bossier Parish replace a bridge as part of a road realignment project, according to Parish Engineer Butch Ford. -
Swan Lake Road Construction Related Closures
Posted Jun 19, 2020Area motorists travelling on I-220 and Swan Lake Rd. will be looking at a series of detours and closures beginning in about two weeks while contractors begin a project to widen the lanes on Swan Lake beneath the I-220 overpass. -
Linton Rd. Bridge Construction Update
Posted Jun 15, 2020Equipment has been put in place and preparations are being made to begin boring for a water line beside the Linton Rd. bridge. Contractors began getting ready for the project Monday and expect to complete their task by June 21, weather permitting. -
Bossier Parish Police Jury Highway Department Projects
Posted Jun 11, 2020Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department workers are currently involved in a pair of upgrade projects on high traffic roadways. Rough spots are being dug out and overlayed on the western end of Swan Lake Rd. while one lane on Airline Dr. north of its intersection with Swan Lake is being replaced with a new base and surface. -
Sewer Main Failures Kingston Plantation subdivision near Col. Burt Blvd. and Cattails Trail
Posted Feb 11, 2020Some sewer main failures have been experienced due to groundwater issues. -
Sligo Rd. Bridge Open
Posted Dec 6, 2019Work has been completed on the Sligo Rd. bridge spanning Foxskin Bayou and the road is now open to traffic effective immediately. -
Plain Dealing Road Now Open
Posted Nov 14, 2019Contractors have completed work on a bridge on S. Arkansas St. in Plain Dealing and the road is now open for traffic. -
DOTD to Replace 2 Highway 80 Bridges
Posted Oct 31, 2019Work is scheduled to begin Monday, Nov. 4 on a $4.2 million project to replace a pair of bridges on U.S. Hwy 80 over Fifi Bayou just west of Haughton’s Tall Timbers subdivision. -
State Senators Honored
Posted Oct 24, 2019State Senators Ryan Gatti (District 36) and Barrow Peacock (District 37) were honored Wednesday with certificates of appreciation from the Bossier Parish Police Jury in recognition of their efforts to secure funding for the extension of I-220 onto Barksdale Air Force Base. -
Hazard Waste Spill
Posted Oct 21, 2019A tractor-trailer hauling a piece of oil field equipment leaked hazardous material last week over an approximate eight-mile stretch roadway stretching from northbound I-49, onto La. Hwy. 2 and continuing to just east of La. Hwy. 3.