ST. MARTIN PARISH — Construction is underway on a $12 million preservation project along a 12-mile stretch of Cataboula Highway (Louisiana Highway 96) in St. Martin Parish. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says the state-funded project aims to extend the life of the roadway through a mix of patching, milling, asphalt overlay, and drainage improvements.

The work is scheduled to take place Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting. Officials say intermittent lane closures will be required as crews make progress, and a full road closure will occur later in the project once drainage replacement begins.

“This is a major inlet and outlet for a lot of cities coming that way, so it’s a highly used road. Everybody relies on this to be a good road in

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