Perkins Road Construction Update

East Baton Rouge Parish

May 18, 2009

Bluebonnet Boulevard – Essen Lane

Traffic has been moved on to the newly constructed outside lanes of Perkins road between Essen Lane and Bluebonnet Boulevard. Lime and stone for the foundation operations in the new middle lanes are underway.  One crew is working on the road foundation, a second crew is working on catch basins and a third crew is making preparations to begin pouring concrete. Motorists are allowed to make left turns on or off of Perkins road at specific locations only. 

A fourth crew is working on the Dawson Creek Bridge. All deck spans on the north and south side of the bridge are complete.  A few remaining items are being worked on for the outside portions of the bridge.  Construction of the center lanes of the bridge is underway. 

Within the project limits construction will at times temporarily inconvenience motorist.  If your business or residence has two entrances/exits, one entrance/exit will be closed temporarily during construction operations.  At all times one of the two driveways will remain open.  If your business has one entrance/exit, one-way traffic in and out of the business or residence will be maintained while crews work across the driveway.  Motorists should expect delays and proceed through the project with caution and be on the lookout for flaggers and construction traffic entering and exiting the Highway and driveways.

All above mentioned work schedules are subject to change due to adverse weather.  See Lane Closure Notifications for exact times and locations of upcoming lane closures.

For additional questions or comments contact DOTD’s Customer Service Center at 1-877-4LA-DOTD (1-877-452-3683) or e-mail at customerservice@dotd.la.gov. The center is open 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can also visit the project’s Web page by going to www.dotd.la.gov and clicking on “Projects” from the Programs & Projects section of the main menu on the left-hand side of the page and selecting the “Perkins Road Widening Project” link.

If you are a member of a homeowners association and would like a DOTD speaker to attend one of your meetings to share information about this project, please let me know. Also, feel free to forward this e-mail onto to anyone you think would like to receive this information.

Additionally, at your convenience, please let us know how we are doing by filling out our customer service survey below. Again, we thank you for your feedback and patience during this construction.

State Project No. .................................................................................. 258-01-0030

Parish............................................................................................... East Baton Rouge

Contractor.......................................................................... James Construction Group     

Contract Amount........................................................................................ $27 million

Project Start Date............................................................................... January 9, 2007     

Anticipated Completion Date................................................................... January 2010

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