Lafayette LA

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Lafayette Consolidated Government’s (LCG) Office of Finance and Management is celebrating 10 straight years of receiving the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting.

poliLafayette Police Officers are currently on the scene of a shooting that took place in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Jr Drive.

The eastbound right lane and left turn lane on Kaliste Saloom at Beadle Road will be closed intermittently on Thursday, March 30 and Friday, March 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day, to perform signal upgrades, weather permitting.

The northbound and southbound right lanes on Ambassador Caffery at Bonair Drive will be closed intermittently on Wednesday, March 29 and Tuesday, April 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day, to perform signal upgrades, weather permitting.

Lafayette Police are currently on the scene of a single vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on the 1400 block Camellia Boulevard near Starling Lane. This crash occurred at approximately 8:00 A.M., on this date.

Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) has filed a lawsuit requesting a Declaratory Judgment against the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Louisiana (MERS).

Lafayette firefighters responded to a house fire in the 100 block of N. Pine Street at 8:50 a.m. Monday morning. When firefighters arrived on scene, smoke surrounded the single-family dwelling with flames coming from several windows.

Today, Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit (GOMBU), headquartered in Covington, La., donated a nearly six-acre tract of land to Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG), which will enhance recreational opportunities, increase public access to the Vermilion River, and tie into the Heymann, Beaver, and Lil’ Woods Parks Master Plan.

UPDATE AS OF 3/20/2023: DOTD announces that on Thursday, March 23, I-49 northbound at the I-10 overpass will be reduced to one lane from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. to allow crews to conduct additional work related to emergency repairs for the I-10 eastbound overpass.