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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 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 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.
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Posted Jun 20, 2020
Swan 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.
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Posted Jun 19, 2020
Area 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.
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Posted Jun 15, 2020
Equipment 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.
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Posted Jun 11, 2020
Bossier 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.
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Posted Dec 6, 2019
Work has been completed on the Sligo Rd. bridge spanning Foxskin Bayou and the road is now open to traffic effective immediately.
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Posted Nov 14, 2019
Contractors have completed work on a bridge on S. Arkansas St. in Plain Dealing and the road is now open for traffic.
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Posted Oct 31, 2019
Work 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.
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Posted Oct 24, 2019
State 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.
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Posted Oct 21, 2019
A 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.
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Posted Oct 17, 2019
A pair of Louisiana state senators will receive special recognition Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. for their efforts in helping obtain funding for an eastern entrance to Barksdale Air Force Base.
