BATON ROUGE — After years of planning, the state is taking a major step toward building a new bridge over the Mississippi River, with one state representative saying that a bridge location could be identified within the next year.
State and local leaders met Monday for an update on the project’s status before construction can begin. The main focus of the meeting was to find a way to pay for the massive project
State Rep. Dixon McMakin says that developing a financing plan could help move the project along…