Lafayette Parish

The following questions were emailed to Louisiana State Representative 43 seat candidates.

he Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced today that beginning Tuesday, September 5, 2023, work will begin on a $21.10 million project to rehabilitate two sections of U.S. 90.

I-49 Northbound & Southbound from the I-10 interchange to mile marker nine at the Lafayette/St. Landry Parish Line will have alternating lane closures for a sweeping operation on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. until Friday, September 1, 2023, at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting.

A State of Emergency has been declared by both the State of Louisiana and the Parish of Lafayette.

LA 93 (Apollo Road) from US 90 to Specialty Lane will have intermittent alternating lane closures throughout the day, beginning Thursday, August 24 until Thursday, August 31, 2023 from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., weather permitting.

DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA AND EMERGENCY ORDER AUTHORIZING USE OF RESOURCES AND OTHER ACTIONS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA

The right outside lane of I-49 Northbound at Exit 4 will be closed on Monday, August 28, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting.

The Lafayette Police Department is proud to partner with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a ‘Special Wave’ enforcement endeavor targeting impaired drivers operating motor vehicles on the roadway.

The next Lafayette Consolidated Government Household Hazardous Waste Day (HHWD) will be held on September 9, 2023.

So often we allow our yesterdays to interfere with our todays. We toil over mistakes that we can’t change.