Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development - Wed March 08, 2023
Louisiana DOTD Breaks Ground On Leo Kerner Moveable Bridge Replacement
State and local officials broke ground in late February in Jean Lafitte, La., on the first phase of a permanent replacement for the Leo Kerner Swing Bridge, destroyed by Hurricane Ida in 2021. The contingent was led by Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Shawn D....
The Advocate & Louisiana DOTD - Wed February 22, 2023
Louisiana Highway 70, Key Route for Many Plant Workers, Set for Expansion
State highway contractors are expected this spring to start expanding Louisiana Highway 70 in Ascension and St. James parishes to handle continued industrial growth in the Mississippi River corridor. The $50.2 million project will widen La....
Wirtgen Group - Thu February 02, 2023
Doggett Machinery Services Announced as Authorized Wirtgen Group Dealer in Louisiana
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Doggett Machinery Services is the official Wirtgen Group dealer in Louisiana. Doggett will be the exclusive dealer of Wirtgen, Vogele, Hamm and Kleemann equipment, parts and service operating at the seven Doggett locations across the state — Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Broussard, Covington, Monroe, Shreveport and St....
Acadiana Advocate & Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Thu January 12, 2023
Renovations to UL-Lafayette's Football Stadium to Begin After 2023 Season
The University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette has announced that its renovation of Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium will not affect the fall 2023 football season. In June 2021, UL and Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center came to an agreement where the hospital would buy the stadium's naming rights for $15 million — money which would help fund the building project....
WWNO Radio & Waterways Journal Weekly - Thu December 29, 2022
USACE Makes Historic Decision to Greenlight $2.3B Mississippi River Diversion
In a historic decision, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Dec. 19 gave its approval to Louisiana's long-sought-after $2.3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion on the west bank of the Mississippi River near the community of Ironton in Plaquemines Parish....
Greenup Industries - Wed December 28, 2022
Greenup Industries Successfully Completes First of Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Storm Protection Projects
Greenup Industries successfully completed the Stockpile 2 project for the West Shore Lake Ponchartrain Project (WSLPP) and is scheduled to complete Stockpile 1 in the summer of 2023. The company was awarded two contracts for stockpiling clay by the U.S....
CEG - Mon December 19, 2022
Repair Efforts Began Day After 21 Tornadoes Swept Across Louisiana
After 21 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana over the course of 24 hours on Dec. 14, residents across this weather-battered state, who have contended with a litany of severe storms over the last few years, from major hurricanes to twisters, woke up the next morning to an eerily familiar scene....
Louisiana Economic Development - Wed December 14, 2022
Global Partnership Behind New $1.8B Louisiana Port Terminal On Lower Mississippi
Gov. John Bel Edwards has unveiled an historic public-private partnership between the state, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion container facility on the Lower Mississippi River according to Louisiana Economic Development, or LED....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 08, 2022
USACE Shores Up Lake Pontchartrain
Three parishes just northwest of New Orleans are perilously situated between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. When hurricanes visit the area, as they regularly do, the 60,000 residents of St....
New Orleans Advocate - Tue November 29, 2022
Battered by Hurricanes, Lagging Federal Aid, Louisiana City Making Comeback
In Lake Charles, La.'s, hurricane-damaged downtown, two years after Laura and Delta roared through town, some storefronts are still boarded up, while others keep limited hours. The fate of the city's largest office tower, an empty patchwork of boarded-up windows, is still unclear....
