A $50 million grant from federal and state transportation departments will be used to position a redesigned intersection of Kaliste Saloom at U.S. 90 for construction when a Record of Decision is issued for the Interstate 49 Lafayette Connector.
Glenn Ledet Jr., secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, joined Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Boulet for a news conference Wednesday at City Hall to elaborate on the federal, state and local financial contributions to the project announced last week.
The I-49 Lafayette Connector is a 5.5-mile section of the interstate that will roughly follow the route of the Evangeline Thruway/U.S. 90 from Kaliste Saloom Road to the terminus of I-49 at Interstate 10 in Lafayette…