A project to build a proposed a new, privately-funded toll bridge across the Red River – connecting Caddo and Bossier parishes – moves forward with permit approval. Attorney William Bradford speaks for Alabama-based infrastructure construction company Tim James, Inc. He says they have already secured cooperative Endeavor Agreements with officials in both parishes, and the next step is approvals and permits from the Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers…:
“During that process, we will lay out routes. We will lay out route alternatives and we will being doing environmental assessments.”
Bradford says commerce is growing fast in southern Caddo and Bossier, and the bridge will provide a quick connect option for motorists…:
“We believe that it will improve traffic flow. We believe that it will improve connectivity, allow for shorter headway between our port, which is on Highway 1 in south Caddo Parish.”
Bradford says the plan includes building roughly 8 miles of public infrastructure to access the bridge, which will also help alleviate traffic woes on either side. He says, if all goes according to plan, construction could begin in 2024 to provide Caddo-Bossier with a new traffic alternative…:
“We’ll be able to connect, especially, east Bossier and southeast Bossier quickly to that major economic driver in our community.”
Bradford says tolls would be somewhere around $2 for cars and SUVs. Using the bridge would be purely up to the motorist.
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