A higher gas tax or toll roads and bridges could be revenue raising measures the state could take to on a $13 billion backlog of road and bridge improvements.
A state government task force is expected to recommend that you and I pay more for fuel so that you and I can drive on better roads. Good idea or not so good idea?
If you think slamming your car into that same pot hole everyday on your drive to work is tearing your vehicle apart and costing you money, you're right.
If you have to go out today, DOTD and Louisiana State Police remind you to make sure you know the current road conditions for where you will be traveling.
Following the unanimous approval by the state bond commission of St. Landry Parish's plan to sell $62.5 million in bonds, the largest road reconstruction effort in the parish's history has moved one step closer to reality.
The measure, which would increase the sales tax in unincorporated St. Landry Parish from 7.55 percent to 9.55 percent, would generate about $7.8 million in its first year, according to Parish President Bill Fontenot.