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Posted Apr 21, 2022
A phone call just minutes before the Bossier Parish Police Jury started its Wednesday meeting may have presented the opportunity to answer questions about what to do about the prospect of turning the existing Jimmy Davis bridge connecting Caddo and Bossier parishes into a linear park.
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Posted Apr 7, 2022
David North of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) told Bossier Parish Police Jury members Wednesday that construction on the Linton Rd. bridge over Black Bayou could be completed by late summer.
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Posted Apr 3, 2022
An open house Thursday presented by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development introduced area residents to a proposed project designed to improve safety at one of the parish’s busiest intersections.
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Posted Mar 29, 2022
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury continue to make progress on reconstruction of Poole Rd. in the southern part of the parish. Poole Rd. is one of more than 30 parish asphalt roads that were damaged during floods of 2015 and 2016.
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Posted Mar 24, 2022
Work is scheduled to begin Friday, March 25 on a project to increase volume for turn lanes off LA Hwy. 3 (Benton Rd.) onto I-220, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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Posted Mar 23, 2022
A pair of games at South Bossier Park Saturday officially kicked off the North Louisiana Football Alliance’s 2022 season.
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Posted Mar 23, 2022
Bossier Parish’s highway department will be replacing a bridge on Arkansas Line Rd. beginning Wednesday, March 23 and closure is expected to last 7-10 days (weather permitting).
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Posted Mar 23, 2022
A pair of closures that will impact local motorists have been announced by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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Posted Mar 19, 2022
A recent stop of an oversized load on a parish road by the Bossier Parish Police Jury’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit (CVEU) points to a problem that potentially could cost parish taxpayers millions of dollars in repairs to vital infrastructure.
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Posted Mar 19, 2022
Visitors to Lake Plain Dealing Park have something new that will add to their recreational experience at the facility, which is part of Louisiana’s National Scenic Boom or Bust Byway.
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Posted Mar 17, 2022
All that remains for acquisition of funding to complete a north/south roadway connecting I-220 and Crouch Rd. is approval of state agencies after Bossier Parish Police Jury members adopted a resolution Wednesday to authorize issuing revenue bonds.
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Posted Mar 16, 2022
Bob Brotherton has again given Bossier Parish representation at a top administrative level in the state after his installation as President of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana during ceremonies at the 98th PJAL convention in Lake Charles.
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Posted Mar 11, 2022
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department crews will begin work Tuesday, March 15, to replace a bridge on Chalybeate Springs Rd., located 1.8 miles east off LA Hwy. 3 in north Bossier Parish.
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Posted Mar 8, 2022
Reconstruction of the Oglee Rd. bridge, located just off Shiloh Rd. and LA Hwy. 157 north of Plain Dealing, began Tuesday with police jury highway department workers removing the wood structure in favor of large culverts.
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Posted Mar 7, 2022
Work by the Bossier Parish Police Jury’s highway department to replace the bridge on Fire Tower Rd. has been completed and the road is now open to traffic.
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Posted Mar 4, 2022
Work on the second phase of a north/south roadway that will eventually connect I-220 to Crouch Rd. could begin as early as this summer according to information presented to the Bossier Parish Police Jury’s road/subdivision committee Wednesday.
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Posted Mar 1, 2022
A section of Linton Rd. from Airline Dr. to Old Palmetto Rd. has been opened to traffic with the completion of a new bridge over Flat River and extension of the roadway to eliminate a hazardous curve at the bridge site.
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Posted Mar 1, 2022
Police Jury highway department crews are targeting northern Bossier Parish with two road repair projects and one bridge replacement.
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Posted Feb 25, 2022
A bridge on Fire Tower Rd. located .29 mile south of LA Hwy. 2 will be closed beginning Monday, Feb. 28 for reconstruction by the Bossier Parish Police Jury’s highway department. Weather permitting, work hopefully will be completed in seven days.
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Posted Feb 24, 2022
A pair of road and lane closures that will impact local motorists have been announced by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).