Road crews will close Pecue Lane where it crosses Interstate 10 beginning next week as part of a project to build an interchange at the southeastern Baton Rouge location.
A new four-lane thoroughfare between Perkins Road and Mall of Louisiana Boulevard is the second project to get underway in Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's nearly $1 billion roads improvement plan.
Mayor Broome and local leaders are taking part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mall of Louisiana Blvd. project.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and community stakeholders broke ground Wednesday on the second MOVEBR project at Mall of Louisiana Boulevard. This project is one of the 21 projects that will move forward in 2021.
Dreamed about for decades, upgrades to East Baton Rouge Parish's traffic signals are well underway, but engineers say it will be the end of 2022 before motorists can consistently expect fewer stops at red lights and manageable daily drive times.
The MOVEBR program has released an update on its synchronization of traffic signals, a project that is providing equipment upgrades, software improvements and doubling the amount of fiber optic cable connecting all 470 signals throughout East Baton Rouge Parish.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has announced the construction of 21 MOVEBR projects beginning in 2021. The projects will increase the capacity of, significantly enhance existing corridors, build sidewalks, and increase accessibility throughout the parish.
This year, 21 MOVEBR projects that will increase capacity, significantly enhance existing corridors, build sidewalks and increase accessibility throughout the parish will move forward to the construction phase.
Nearly two dozen MovEBR projects are expected to begin next year, including construction of a new four-lane road from Perkins Road to the Mall of Louisiana.