Central City News

Unless Stopped Soon, BR Loop Will Re-Make Central CENTRAL — While opponents of the Baton Rouge Loop think the project is dead, supporters like Mayor-President Kip Holden say it is very much alive and on schedule.  The public doesn’t realize that the Capital Area Expressway Authority has all the legal power it needs to build […]

City Councilmen Want to Repeal Law Authorizing BR Loop District by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — On Tuesday night, Nov. 22, the Central City Council was scheduled to debate a resolution putting the City of Central on record as opposing the Baton Rouge Loop.  The Loop would cut a wide path across the city. Supporters and […]

By Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — For the past three years, the Central City News has put the spotlight on the proposed Baton Rouge Loop.  Using Louisiana’s Public Records Law, we have brought you internal Loop documents that have shown: • The cost of building the Loop, based on their own studies, would be closer to $6 […]