List of Northwest Louisiana Roads Facing Debris Cleanup This Week

It would appear that Northwest Louisiana will soon put the finishing touches on the clean-up to the damage brought on by Winter Storm Fern.

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According to congress.gov, Fern, the major winter storm that moved all the way from New Mexico to New England with significant amounts of snow and ice and extreme cold, had enough impact to bring Emergency Declarations from President Trump with requests for public assistance in twelve separate states.

Locally, the Shreveport area saw schools closed due to weather for record numbers of days. Thousands were without power and many others were left without any drinkable water.

Another sign of this weather event is the sheer volume of fallen trees that succumbed to the ice load.

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And now, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, crews are beginning the process of removing this tree debris from the right-of-way along certain state routes in the northwest region.

The contractor anticipates beginning work this week, which includes the following parishes and routes:

Bienville Parish:

LA 4 from Ringgold to US 71
US 371 from Ringgold to Red River Parish line
LA 607 from LA 9 to LA 154

DeSoto Parish:

I-49 from Caddo Parish line to Natchitoches Parish line
LA 346
LA 175 from Sabine Parish line to Caddo Parish line
LA 5 from LA 175 to Logansport
LA 3015 from LA 175 to Marshall Road
LA 191 from US 84 to Sabine Parish line
LA 509 from LA 175 to Red River Parish line
LA 789
LA 172
LA 764
LA 765
US 171 from Sabine Parish line to Caddo Parish line
LA 483 from LA 175 to Sabine Parish line
LA 513 from Gibbs Street to Oxford Cut Off
LA 169
US 84 from Mundy Road to Logansport
LA 522
LA 3248

Red River Parish:

US 71 from Natchitoches Parish line to Bossier Parish line
US 371 from US 71 to Bienville Parish line
LA 783 from US 71 to US 371
LA 786 from US 71 to LA 507
LA 514 from US 71 to LA 515
LA 507 from US 71 to LA 514
US 84 from LA 1 to I-49
LA 510 from US 84 to LA 177
LA 155 from US 71 to Natchitoches Parish line

Intermittent lane and shoulder closures will be necessary to allow for debris removal operations, though major impacts to traffic are not anticipated.

Motorists should be on the lookout for contractor equipment and personnel, and proceed with extreme caution through the work zone. These operations will continue until the debris is removed from the right-of-way of the affected areas.