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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 8, 2019
LSUS professors and student assistants will team with the Bossier Parish Police Jury to undertake a five-year study to determine groundwater impact in the Red River basin of north Bossier Parish.
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Posted Jul 17, 2019
A group of college professors will soon begin studying ground water levels for the Bossier Parish Police Jury to determine the depth of the problems lying beneath the surface in an area between the Red River and bayous to the east.
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Posted Jun 19, 2019
Roughly two months after local developers and engineers met with the Bossier Parish Police Jury engineering staff to discuss solutions to rising ground water levels and the impact on subdivision streets, the two groups will soon meet again to talk about yet other water-related problems.
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Posted Jun 5, 2019
Water has again become a major issue for a growing Bossier Parish, and again it isn’t the visible water that fills lakes, bayous and rivers to flood stages after repeated periods of heavy rains.
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Posted May 15, 2019
After weeks of thunderstorms dumping heavy rains in northwest Louisiana, Bossier Parish seems to be escaping many of the severe problems during flood events of years past.
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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 May 1, 2019
A major bridge disaster roughly 1,300 miles to the north nearly put Bossier Parish in a bind, but parish police jurors learned Wednesday that a large financial bullet may have been dodged.
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Posted Apr 17, 2019
Developers and engineers who build and design new homes in an area designated as the Red River floodway in Bossier Parish now have a new set of standards to follow for streets in those subdivisions following Wednesday’s parish Police Jury meeting.
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Posted Apr 3, 2019
Bossier Parish residents who found themselves without garbage pickup service after a local hauler went out of business should pick the company of their choice as a replacement without new regulations governing that industry, according to a parish police jury committee.
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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 Oct 17, 2018
Anyone in south Bossier Parish who may be wondering where all those vehicles are going just about every weekend should look no further than the police jury’s park and athletic complex on Caplis Sligo Rd.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018
When heavy rains fall in Bossier Parish, water needs to flow from one place to another as quickly and smoothly as possible to prevent flooding on roads and streets in subdivisions.
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Posted Sep 27, 2018
Parish engineers and supervisors from across the state were in Bossier City Wednesday and Thursday for the Fall meeting of the Louisiana Parish Engineers and Supervisors Association held at Margaritaville Resort.
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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 Sep 19, 2018
One Bossier Parish park has officially grown by an additional 12 and one-half acres with the purchase of property adjacent to the parish park located on southern Lake Bistineau.
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Posted Sep 11, 2018
Firefighters in one Bossier Parish rural fire department will soon be sporting new bunker gear, thanks to a federal grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) targeting improved operations and safety.
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Posted Sep 5, 2018
Improvements to the Parish Camp in south Bossier are continuing and following Wednesday’s Police Jury meeting, the facility will soon have even more room to expand services to residents.
