Legislature Funds Hooper Road Widening from Sullivan to Greenwell Springs Road

The Louisiana Legislature has approved funding to complete four-laning of Hooper Road in Central — not only from Blackwater to Sullivan but also from Sullivan to Greenwell Springs Road. New funding, not previously reported by the media, was in the state capital outlay, Sen. Bodi White said in an interview with the Central City News.

Sen. White said $20.5 million has been approved to widen Hooper from Sullivan Road to Greenwell 

Springs Road and to start work on the Central-Watson Bridge over the Amite River. $15.5 million is to four lane Hooper, and $5 million can be used to build the intersection of Hooper and Greenwell Springs.

White said the funding became available during the regular legislative session thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars the state received from the BP oil spill.

Another $12.2 million has been approved to widen Hooper from Blackwater to Sullivan, he said. This will supplement local money from Greenlight 1.

He said a total of $15.8 million has been approved to complete 

Sullivan Road from Wax to Hooper. That contract should be let early in 2020, he said.

Sen. White said capital outlay includes $1.325 million toward a new Central City Hall. However, he said that money must be spent soon or it will revert to the state.

White said many long-time needs will be met with this money.

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