BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Work is scheduled to begin Friday on a project to increase volume for turn lanes off LA Hwy. 3 (Benton Rd.) onto I-220 in Bossier City.
According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the northbound turn lane to westbound I-220 will be closed starting Friday at 9 a.m. to allow patching in the southbound left lane at the westbound entrance ramp to I-220. The work is expected to continue through Monday, March 28, at 6 a.m.
The DOTD says the southbound left lane on Benton Road will be closed from Hospital Drive to I-220.
The Bossier Parish Police Jury says roughly 30% of the driving population of Bossier Parish travels through the intersection, both north- and southbound, Monday through Friday mornings and afternoons.
District Six Police Jury Member Chris Marsiglia hopes the project will be finished before I-20 is set to be redone. The entire project is anticipated to be completed summer of 2022.
