Press Release (Media/Web)

• 9/17/2024 - DOTD shares GeauxPass system's scam alert warning
• 9/17/2024 - Dept. of Transportation and Development Announces Bid Results for Statewide Projects
• 9/15/2024 - Updated: DOTD reinstating tolls on LA 1 in Leeville Monday at noon, Lafourche Parish
• 9/12/2024 - Update on state road closures throughout Louisiana
• 9/11/2024 - DOTD Monitoring Road Conditions as Hurricane Francine Moves Through the State
• 9/10/2024 - DOTD monitoring Tropical Storm Francine; motorists should use caution as storm makes landfall
• 9/10/2024 - DOTD Secretary's Emergency Order - Tropical Storm Francine
• 9/9/2024 - DOTD receives $104 million in redistributed funds from FHWA
• 9/9/2024 - DOTD Launches Online Permit Portal
• 8/15/2024 - Major step forward in new I-10 Bridge as DOTD and Calcasieu Bridge Partners achieve financial close on new Calcasieu River Bridge Project
• 8/14/2024 - Dept. of Transportation and Development Announces Bid Results for Statewide Projects
• 8/12/2024 - DOTD to receive $67.5 million in supplemental funds to preserve existing roads and infrastructure
• 7/31/2024 - DOTD, FHWA sign stewardship agreement
• 7/30/2024 - Dept. of Transportation and Development Announces Bid Results for Statewide Projects
• 7/9/2024 - Atchafalaya Basin Bridge feedback signs in place, speed limit is 60 for all vehicles
• 7/8/2024 - Motorists should use caution as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall

Road or Lane Status

• 9/18/2024 - **ROAD CLOSURE** LA 1250 at the KC Southern Railroad track; Rapides Parish
• 9/17/2024 - NOW OPEN: ST. LANDRY PARISH - La. 10 - Emergency Road Closure
• 9/17/2024 - I-49 NB & SB from Exit 4 (Carencro) to the Avoyelles Parish Line, Lafayette/St. Landry/Evangeline Parish, Lane Closure for Herbicide Application
• 9/16/2024 - **UPDATE** BRIDGE CLOSURE* I-49 (Southbound) over Railroad Ave and Union Pacific Railroad; Exit 86: Rapides Parish
• 9/9/2024 - Alternating Lane Closures; I-49: 2 Miles North of LA 3265 – 4 Miles North of LA 1; H.011938;
• 8/21/2024 - UPDATE: LA 1 and Rapides Station Rd Intersection; Rapides Parish; H.015314
• 8/15/2024 - Doshie Road Bridge over Cherry Winche Creek; Rapides Parish; H.014261
• 8/7/2024 - *BRIDGE LANE CLOSURE* US 165 South over US 71 and Rocky Bayou; Rapides Parish
• 8/5/2024 - *LANE CLOSURE* Outside Lane on LA 1208-3 (Jackson Street) in Rapides Parish
• 7/31/2024 - *LANE CLOSURE*; US 167; Purple Heart Memorial; Northbound & Southbound Lanes; over Red River & Greer St; Rapides Parish
• 7/31/2024 - *RAMP CLOSURE* Bridge ramp D-7; I-49 Southbound; Exit 84; Rapides Parish
• 7/31/2024 - I12WB/I10WB/I110NB EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE; EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH;
• 7/23/2024 - **LANE CLOSURES** LA 1208-3; (Eastbound); US 71 (Jackson St.& MacArthur Dr); Rapides Parish