BATON ROUGE, La. – The cities of Mandeville and Slidell, in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), St. Tammany Parish, Shread-Kuyrkendall & Associates, Inc., and Urban Systems, Inc. (project engineering consultants), are conducting a public initiation meeting for the stage 0 feasibility study regarding the feasibility of widening U.S. 190 from La. 1089 (at Fontainebleau State Park) to US 11. The purpose of this meeting is to provide information about the study and to obtain input from interested parties.

The public initiation meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at 6 p.m. at the Lacombe Community Center (John Davis Park Gymnasium Community Center), 61050 North 12th Street, Lacombe, Louisiana 70445.

Anyone who requires special assistance due to a disability and wishes to participate in this public meeting should contact Shread-Kuyrkendall & Associates by mail at the address shown below or by telephone at (225) 296-1335 at least five working days prior to the meeting.

Shread-Kuyrkendall & Associates, Inc.

Nicci Gill

13000 Justice Ave., Suite 16

Baton Rouge, LA 70816

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www.dotd.la.gov