The construction of another Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge continues to face significant hurdles.
Completed studies are raising more questions about the proposed bridge, delaying the environmental review process at the same time as a group of Iberville landowners vocally opposes a potential bridge corridor that threatens an old-growth cypress forest.
When they came before the exasperated commissioners of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District, project leaders announced that the review under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, will likely occur later than planned. Now the review process will likely be initiated sometime in late summer, rather than the July 11 start that was originally scheduled…