Road repair season strikes again with multiple closures impacting commuters in St. Charles Parish. Residents and visitors should prepare to navigate a tangle of detours and delays as crews dive in to mend our indispensable infrastructure. A sewer line is currently under the scalpel in Ama, where Wastewater teams are toiling in front of 219 Bernard Ave., sealing off the road for an estimated span of 4-5 hours, the St. Charles Parish government's website reports.
Mark your calendars and set your alarms if you’re planning to travel through Ashton Boulevard or Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway on the upcoming Saturday. Union Pacific Railroad has a full closure set from 8 am to 4 pm, although emergency vehicles will have the leeway to slightly push through, though expect their arrival times to potentially be slower than usual, as confirmed by parish announcements.
For those making the trek through Destrehan, Ormond Center Court is obstructed between famed Rotolo's Pizza and the Buddy's Frostop due to ongoing road construction, with a detour propped up to shepherd vehicles through the stretch. And in Luling, drivers are down to a solo lane on the 400 block of Wade St., with Wastewater's repair work slated to stretch past the Mardi Gras holiday. Buses and emergency services will maintain their right of way, though constrained to the lone operational lane.
Long-haul drivers and night owls, particularly those who frequent US 90, should brace for a week of disruptions. The eastbound and westbound lanes of this major artery will see an alternating closure from the Jefferson / St Charles Parish Line to LA 3060 (Barton Ave) for milling and overlay work. The closure recurs nightly from 6 PM to 6 AM starting on Sunday, and trailing to an end the morning of Friday, provided the weather doesn’t throw in its own wrench into the works.
