Perkins Road Construction Update
East Baton Rouge Parish

November 16, 2009

You can now follow the Perkins Road Widening Project on Facebook. Once you open a Facebook account, you can access project information by entering “Perkins Road Widening Project” into the search field.

Baton Rouge traffic is now on Twitter! To get up-to-date traffic reports, check out this link.

For statewide traffic and road conditions, visit our 511 page. You can also get traffic updates by dialing 511 from your phone.

Bluebonnet Boulevard and Perkins Road intersection

The intersection is open to traffic. The work that began June 17th at the intersection of Perkins Road and Bluebonnet Blvd. opened this morning. This work was anticipated to last six months, but through the hard work of the contractor and DOTD personnel this work was completed in four months - in time for Thanksgiving and the Holiday shopping season. We want to thank everyone, especially the community for their patience.

Bluebonnet Boulevard to Essen Lane

Crews are completing paving operations for sidewalks and driveways between Dawson’s Creek and Essen Lane. The center section of the Dawson Creek Bridge almost completed. The approach slabs and a punch list items remain for the bridge to be completed. 

Siegen Lane to Bluebonnet Boulevard

Temporary striping will be replaced with permanent striping near the end of the project in December and January. At this time the final seeding, dress-up and final clean-up will take place along the entire project area.

All above-mentioned work schedules are subject to change due to adverse weather. 

For additional questions or comments, contact DOTD’s Customer Service Center at 1-877-4LA-DOTD (1-877-452-3683) or e-mail customerservice@dotd.la.gov. The center is open 7 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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 on 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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