City officials announced plans to build a $4 billion loop around Baton Rouge today.
The plan, which is slated to decrease traffic around the city, will create an additional expressway route wrapping around Baton Rouge in the next ten years.
“The citizens of this region want relief from traffic congestion,” said Mayor-President Kip Holden.
A committee composed of the parish presidents of Ascension, Iberville, Livingston, West Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge parishes released maps of the potential corridor Monday. Holden is the chair.
The committee is hosting a series of public meetings in different locations around the five-parish region to get feedback and hear from residents. The committee comes to Baton Rouge on Sept. 10. They will meet at BREC’s headquarters building at 6201 Florida Blvd. from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information, visit the committee’s Web site at brloop.com.
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