The Department of Transportation and Development is hosting a meeting tonight in Lake Charles about the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. Lake Charles Representative Phillip Tarver says the cost of the bridge is estimated to be $1.5 billion and one billion has already been allocated for the project. As for the remaining amount needed, he says there are differing opinions on how it should be funded.
Cut 8 (09) “…toll that bridge.“
That meeting begins at five PM and will be held at the Pryce/Miller Recreational Center.
The executive director of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents says Louisiana is one of only 13 states that require all high school juniors to take the ACT test. Michael Faulk says students who are not planning on going to college shouldn’t have to take the test because they are not prepared for it.
There is an enhanced risk of severe weather today and into the overnight hours for most of the state. Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says stormy weather will arrive in northwest Louisiana this afternoon and the threat for tornadoes exists for south Louisiana during the overnight hours. Much of the southern half of the state is under a flash flood watch.
College football is mourning the loss of Mississippi State Coach Mike Leach who died last night after suffering a massive heart attack on Sunday. He was 61.
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Jeff Palermo”