Louisiana will soon face off against Florida — both in Tiger Stadium on Saturday and for the People’s Choice Award for America’s best transportation project.The People’s Choice Award will be determined by popular vote on whether Louisiana’s Front Street Natchitoches Restoration Project or Florida’s 95 Express Miami Project is more deserving of a $10,000 prize from AmericasTransportationAward.org.On Thursday, Florida was ahead of Louisiana by about 3,000 votes, an improvement for Louisiana from Wednesday’s 6,000 vote gap between the top two contenders, according to Amber Hebert, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development spokeswoman.If Louisiana wins, the $10,000 cash prize will likely be donated to a charity or a community organization in Louisiana, Hebert said. Louisiana’s project was submitted by the state for its restoration efforts, Hebert said. The project included the resurfacing of the city’s six blocks of brick-surfaced streets, which amounted to 300,000 bricks.”We did all the work, and we actually had to hand remove all these bricks, try not to disrupt all the local businesses in this area,” Hebert said. “The bricks were 104 years old.”More than 270,000 of the bricks were reused when the roads were resurfaced, Hebert said. About 30,000 had to be replaced. “We wound up finding all these artifacts,” Hebert said. “We had archaeologists on the site as well … Those things were from the 18th century, 19th century.”Florida’s 95 Express project is a “variable-priced toll” that adjusts the fee according to congestion levels in an effort to encourage traveling during low traffic times, according to its Web site.—-Contact Lindsey Meaux at [email protected]