An official program of East Baton Rouge Parish.
(The Advocate) The project focuses on the strip of highway between Swan Avenue and Harding Boulevard, a busy thoroughfare for those visiting Southern University or going through Scotlandville. The plans aim to improve the road, focusing on infrastructure upgrades like a new road overlay and additional green-space medians with low landscaping.
The project will advance MOVEBR and Complete Streets goals for one of Baton Rouge’s most recognizable corridors and connect businesses on the commercial side of the Overpass with neighborhoods on the residential side, including Hundred Oaks, Poets Corner, Zeeland Place and the Garden District with a multi-use path for walking or biking.
(WBRZ) Work is beginning on a stretch of Terrace Avenue between Highland and Perkins roads. Mayor-President Sid Edwards and local leaders were at the site with symbolic shovels Thursday. The group moved dirt, marking the beginning of the MovEBR program in the area.
(Louisiana First) Construction is officially underway on a major Scenic Highway improvement project in Baton Rouge, in an area right outside of Southern University. Leaders from the city-parish, DOTD, and Southern University gathered in Scotlandville on Wednesday to break ground on an $8 million enhancement project.
(WBRZ) Mayor-President Sid Edwards joined the MOVEBR program management team as it broke ground on the Old Hammond Highway Project.
(WBRZ) The city broke ground on a new road project along Florida Boulevard designed to improve pedestrian safety.
Mayor-President Sid Edwards and DOTD Secretary Glenn Ledet broke ground today on a major project focused on improving safety for all users of Florida Boulevard, one of Baton Rouge’s busiest and most dangerous corridors.
(WAFB) The EBR Metro Council is set to vote Wednesday on the Spanish Town Sidewalk and ADA Improvements Project, a proposal that would fund repairs to deteriorating sidewalks in one of Baton Rouge’s most walkable neighborhoods.
The MOVEBR Program Management Team, joined by Mayor - President Sid Edwards, Mayor Dustin Yates (City of St. George), East Baton Rouge Council members Denise Amoroso (District 8), Dwight Hudson (District 9), Rowdy Gaudet (District 3), and several representatives of the city of St. George & the St. George Fire & Protection completed groundbreaking activities for two major MOVEBR roadway projects within the southern region of East Baton Rouge Parish.