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I-10 BR Project Community Open House
August 19, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
When
Thursday, August 19, 2021 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM CDT
Where
Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center
950 E. Washington Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and the Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission (BREC) invite you to an open house event to offer input on potential amenities in the Old South Baton Rouge community. DOTD and BREC will offer community connection options for feedback related to a greenway corridor and park improvements alongside and beneath I-10 through Old South Baton Rouge. Also offered will be preference polling of designs for a new I-10 bridge over City Park Lake.
DOTD will present design options for greenway amenities in the I-10 corridor between Myrtle Avenue and Dalrymple Drive, while BREC will present information about pending master planning efforts for Expressway Park and E. Polk Street Park. Together, the greenway and park improvements will offer the public a bicycle and pedestrian connection linking the Downtown Greenway with the University Lakes.
Comments and questions may be submitted during the community open house, or sent via mail to Franklin Associates, I-10 Improvements Project, 250 S. Foster Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, or via email to info@i10br.com.
The open house event allows area residents to drop in at any time between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Event details are listed below. This in-person event will follow the State of Louisiana guidelines regarding COVID precautions in place at that time. Wearing of face masks will be required of all persons, regardless of vaccination status.
Click below to RSVP for this free event. Registration provides three benefits:
- Guests can be notified of any abrupt changes in local COVID policy as it relates to this event.
- Meeting organizers receive an estimated headcount to plan accordingly.
- Guests will be provided a link to view a project summary video beforehand, saving you time during the open house.
Thank you for your interest in these DOTD and BREC projects in your community.