For nearly a month and a half, a portion of the northbound outside lane of Ambassador Caffery Parkway near the Dulles Drive intersection has been closed as part of the Dulles Drive Widening Project
Senate President Page Cortez's bill would mean that drivers who cross the bridge in less than 18 minutes could receive a speeding ticket in the mail, basing the ticket on how fast it takes a vehicle to get from one end of the bridge to the other instead of the miles per hour the vehicle was traveling.
With students being out of school this week for their Easter Break, it has given local governments a great opportunity to get some needed work done on the roads.
Chick-fil-A customers have been shutting down one lane of Ambassador Caffery in Lafayette for years. The two, "No Parking On Pavement" signs near the entrance of the fast-food chicken chain appear to be merely roadside decorations to many of the restaurant's customers...
Whether they happen during the day or night, traffic closures happening across Lafayette Parish and the surrounding areas can affect your travel as you drive across the Hub City and the two major interstates that run across it - Interstate 10 and Interstate 49.