News & Updates for Tangipahoa Parish

PONCHATOULA—A portion of Blyth Avenue will be closed this Friday for road work.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said crews will need to close a portion of Blyth Avenue to replace a cross drain. The work is scheduled for Friday, July 29, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. During this time, no thru-traffic will be allowed in the construction zone[...]

HAMMOND—Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller says patching and dressing work continues across much of Tangipahoa Parish this week.

Miller said the parish’s RPC Road Rehab project will focus on Rufus Bankston Road this Wednesday through Friday (July 27-29). Crews will be doing additional patching of the roadway. Motorists may experience delays during work hours.

Tangipahoa’s overlay contractor will be dressing more than a dozen roadways[...]

INDEPENDENCE—Finishing touches will begin this week on several of the latest Phase 22 overlay roads that are nearing completion across the parish.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said “dressing” work will begin on Monday on several of the overlay projects completed in the last few weeks.

“Shoulder dressing is a process used to apply and compact approved dirt materials that prevent shoulder erosion after overlay is completed on each road,” Miller explained[...]

PONCHATOULA—A portion of Wadesboro Road will be closed starting Monday, July 18, and continuing until late this fall.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said DOTD will close Wadesboro Road approximately .7 miles west of the I-55 Southwest Service Road starting Monday. State contractors will be replacing the bridge[...]

NATALBANY—Tangipahoa Parish road crews continue to make improvements to local roadways by changing out culverts to assist with drainage issues.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller announced today that Marilyn Drive will be closed on Tuesday, July 19, for drainage improvements. Located off Stafford Road northeast of Natalbany[...]