Weekend Traffic Alerts
We thought we would save you some aggravation during your weekend
commute. There is road construction and a DWI check point scheduled
this weekend.
We thought we would save you some aggravation during your weekend
commute. There is road construction and a DWI check point scheduled
this weekend.
Have you tried crossing the I-10 bridge Westbound lately? we try to warn you about traffic incidents but do not always get word. We did receive word of a closure today and thought we would pass it along.
Starting Monday, if you're using the stretch of Interstate between the big Calcasieu River bridge and PPG Drive along I-10, things are going to start getting slower. For the next six months, the state DOTD will be rebuilding that nasty stretch of highway.
Long, long ago, back when all this was bayou and marsh, and pirogues passed for speedboats, the government men built a bridge over the Calcasieu from one end to the other and then, immediately, shut it down for repairs.
It became a kind of demonstration project for bridge work, a place where contractors and engineers and transp
For months, Lake Street in Lake Charles has been closed as they repaved the road and fixed bridge that goes over Contraband bayou.
I went by the intersection today around 3 p.m. and saw the workers removing the detour signs.
The I-10 bridge is under construction -- but are we doing more damage to an already terrifying structure?
Growing pains are a part of life; but waiting in traffic is just not how you want to spend your time. We compiled what we thought were the top five worst road construction areas. Most of us have sent some time at all of them. The good news is that they are signs of improvement.
The Lake Charles Downtown Development Authority worked to keep business owners abreast of the construction happening in the downtown area Monday. We were there to find out more: