(AP) – An area of River Road south of the LSU campus should be open in time for the first home football game Sept. 1 against North Texas.
The road has been closed for months while the Army Corps of Engineers and the Pontchartrain Levee District reinforced the Mississippi River levee against water seepage.
The closure caused some traffic changes for fans driving to LSU games in November. The project is expected to be completed by mid-August.
The section of levee has had problems during high-water when pressure in the river pushed water under the levee and up on the landward side.
The $8.2 million project involves placing dirt on the landward side of the levee to provide a counterweight to future high water.
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River Road construction scheduled to be complete by football season
April 1, 2012