MINDEN, La. -- Minden’s Interstate 20 lights are coming back -- just not as soon as drivers hoped.

City officials say the long-delayed I-20 relighting project is on track for mid-2026, a slip from earlier hopes of late 2025, but at a sharply lower price.

“Hopefully this coming year we can get some new lights out on Interstate 20 to light up Minden again,” council member Michael Roy said during Monday's City Council workshop.

Mayor Nick Cox said engineers are finalizing a 300-page plan that ties the lighting into a state bridge-replacement package.

“They’re working on the final details. W e’ve signed off on it, it’s coming,” he said.

The good news: the city’s local match has fallen from roughly $500,000 to about $280,000.

“The longer we wait, the cheaper it’s getting,” Cox joked.

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