Louisiana lawmakers advanced bills to reform the Department of Transportation and Development but tossed a plan to rework ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The construction of the new Jimmie Davis Bridge has now been underway for a year. The $360 million project is one of the largest transportation investments for the state in ...

The Trump administration has since had to rescind many of those dismissals. The proposals to shakeup DOTD would place more control over highway construction projects directly under the governor’s ...

“A May-basket is — well, I hardly know how to describe it; but ‘tis something to be hung on a door," a reporter explained in the Sterling, III., Gazette in 1871, according to NPR.org.

Bourriaque said the aim of prohibiting the use of the Transportation Trust Fund for DOTD employee salaries and benefits is to ensure those funds go toward construction projects. But it’s unclear ...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) kicked off National Work Zone Awareness Week on Monday, April 21st at its headquarters in Baton Rouge. This year's theme is ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Constituents are fed up with the snail-like process of DOTD construction projects, and a package of bills looks to put the power back in the hands of locals. Chair of the ...

Construction was set to begin April 10, with an expected completion in fall 2025, weather permitting. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced Thursday a project ...

One example: “Execution of construction contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars prior to the completion of adequate design work or the receipt of necessary approvals.” DOTD also lacks ...

BRIDGE CITY, La. (WGNO) — Thanks to snowplows and DOTD crews working around the clock, progress is being made to clear the roads. “Living here in the south, never thought that I would be ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — The annual Louisiana DOTD Road Show was held Thursday at the Lafayette Consolidated Government City Hall to review highway construction priorities for the 2025-2026 ...