construction

I'm sure you remember the traffic delays caused by the construction at the corner of Prien Lake Road and Ryan Street a while back. The intersection is much more user-friendly now but there were growing pains. Now the growing pains move downtown.

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 transportation planners gathered each morning in hard hats, coffee cups in

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?

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: