State officials deem the highway the state’s most congested road. The project would widen the interstate from the Mississippi River bridge to its intersection with I-12, WVLA reports.
The project is estimated to cost $350,000 and would take about five years.
Other projects on the transportation priority list, according to WVLA: connect I-10 at Loyola Drive in Kenner with a new terminal for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport; build a new access for Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City; and provide up to 10 percent of the funding for toll bridges.
The proposal still faces state and federal approval.