I-10 Eastbound at North Universtiy Avenue will be closed Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. so that engineers can safely take measurements regarding a fatal crash.
A project to overlay 13 miles of Interstate 10 in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes is expected to begin by the end of 2013. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development officials say the estimated $76 million project is the largest on their 2012-2013 proposed priority list for the Acadiana region.
If you're driving through Acadia Parish today, you might want to avoid I-10 eastbound. Police there say crews are working to clean up debris from the outside lane.
State Police say both directions of I-10 in Acadia Parish have been reopened following a crash which involved three 18-wheelers and a pickup truck.
From what we're told, injuries were minor.
The crash remains under investigation.
Lafayette Police have shut down the westbound lane of I-10 between Louisiana Avenue and I-49 while the tanker truck that crashed is being unloaded and removed. Crews have not given KPEL an estimated time of completion. All traffic on I-10 will be sent to Pont De Mouton towards I-49 from Louisiana Avenue...
The I-10 bridge across the Calcasieu River will be closed to all traffic from 9 p.m.- 5 a.m. tomorrow and Wednesday so crews can remove concrete barriers and open all lanes to traffic.
It seems like every intersection you encounter lately has some sort of road work, or it is scheduled for road work in the near future. It's no exception for parts of I-10 in Lafayette Parish and 190 in St. Landry Parish.
The state Department of Transportation says traffic cameras are about to go into service on I-10 and a portion of I-49 in Lafayette and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
The state Wildlife & Fisheries Department has completed the first phase of a project to convert the old I-10 Twin Spans across eastern Lake Ponchatrain into an artificial reef.