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November 12, 2020

In the News: Seminar seeks to help small businesses avoid public bid pitfalls

As city-parish officials prepare to ramp up activity on the $1.1 billion MovEBR road improvement program, they’re trying to address a problem they’ve increasingly encountered this year in bidding public works projects: a lot of small, local contractors don’t know how to correctly submit public bids.

November 10, 2020

Upcoming Webinar: Avoiding Common Bid Errors

The MOVEBR Program Management team and the City-Parish Purchasing Division invite you to attend a webinar on Thursday, November 12, at 5:00 p.m. on common errors made in the bidding process that result in disqualification.

November 6, 2020

In The News: MOVEBR program aims to make Airline Highway better, safer

As most drivers in Baton Rouge know, Airline Highway is a major corridor for East Baton Rouge Parish, and the MOVEBR program is hoping this new project will not only make the highway better, but also safer.

October 7, 2020

MOVEBR is building sidewalks, too

On August 4, 2020, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome broke ground on the first MOVEBR construction project, to build new sidewalks and other improvements on 72nd Avenue in North Baton Rouge. The 72nd Avenue project is one of the 15 sidewalk improvement projects that MOVEBR will undertake.

August 12, 2020

Meet the Small Businesses in Our New Video Library

MOVEBR launched a new video library as a resource to meet small businesses for teaming opportunities or project work on the MOVEBR program.

August 4, 2020

Mayor Kicks off first MOVEBR Construction

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome broke ground today for the first MOVEBR construction project, to build new sidewalks and other improvements on 72nd Avenue in North Baton Rouge.

July 13, 2020

MOVEBR is Getting Baton Rouge Traffic in Sync

MOVEBR's traffic signal improvements will mean less congestion, reduced travel times, faster emergency response, fewer traffic accidents, reduced emissions and gasoline usage and better planning for large-scale events.

June 25, 2020

MOVEBR Program on Track to Exceed Local Small Business Participation Target

May 25, 2020

In the News: Master plan for East Baton Rouge envisions 100 miles of bike lanes, 250 miles of off-road paths