Heads up, commuters and night owls navigating the western bounds of Orleans Parish: your driving routines are due for a bit of a shakeup starting this Sunday, July 6. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has issued a notice detailing a partial closure along LA 428 Westbound, specifically affecting the right lane. It's a stretch of roadway starting at Holiday Drive and stretching to Horace Street, which will be under construction for a week.
The roadwork is scheduled to kick off promptly at 5:30 PM this coming Sunday and will recur nightly until 3:00 AM the following Saturday morning, July 12. Although just one lane will be closed, the work could still cause delays, especially for drivers relying on this route for their evening commutes. The planned construction, weather permitting, will be limiting the asphalt to a narrower path by practice and, by consequence, the patience of locals.
Folks who frequent this section of LA 428 can expect the right lane to be out of commission from 5:30 PM to 3:00 AM each night, ending Saturday morning. This pattern of construction work is part of the H.016002 project, which aims to improve the robustness of our roads, while possibly fraying the robustness of commuter tempers.
