GONZALES - Holiday shoppers heading to Tanger Outlet Mall will notice a new feature on LA-30: a roundabout designed to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion.

The roundabout, located near Robert Wilson Drive and South St. Landry Avenue, is the first of several planned upgrades along I-10 and surrounding roads in Ascension Parish. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says the project is aimed at keeping traffic moving, especially during the busy holiday season.

“The plan is to open this one first. Open that one first, and then we will move to the on and off ramps on both sides of the interstate,” DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett said.

Additional roundabouts are planned on both sides of the interstate ramps. Once all three are in operation, DOTD expects drivers w

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