Bridge project udpate for February 2012.  The project is still scheduled for completion in January 2014.

Cheap, plentiful natural gas is a "game changer" that will bring untold jobs and wealth to Americans, the top official with an organization representing oil and gas interests in the state said Thursday.

On January 31,  the Chamber attended the annual Joint Legislative Transportation Committee hearing, held in conjunction with DOTD.

Crews have completed 38 cubic yards of concrete columns and placed 5,819 pounds of rebar steel. Twenty four percent of the project is completed. The project is still scheduled for completion in January 2014.

The transfer of the final piece of what was England Air Force Base to the England Authority was commemorated in a ceremony at Alexandria International Airport on Thursday.

The Fort Buhlow Bridge Project is progressing very well. Crews are continuing to work on the footings, columns and caps for the northbound and southbound lanes of the new bridge. The project is still scheduled for completion in January 2014.

The Fort Buhlow Bridge Project is progressing very well. Crews are continuing to work on the footings, columns and caps for the northbound and southbound lanes of the new bridge.

United States Senator David Vitter has succeeded in moving a bill out of the Senate banking committee that would relieve local levee officials of the cost of recertifying area levees.

New changes go into effect for the LA One Call Law effective October 1st.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and other state, local and military officials celebrated the announcement of more than $25 million in state funds for infrastructure improvements in the Fort Polk area Thursday.

The Chamber continues to advocate for four-laning of La Hwy 28 East. The Chamber recently provided a statement on the widening of La Hwy 28 East to the Louisiana Department of Transportation.

Touting Fort Polk as "an economic engine for this whole region," U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu on Tuesday promoted efforts to continue and intensify the Army base's growth.

Tuesday (July 26, 2011) portions of US 165/71 will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction from the O.K. Allen Bridge to its intersection with I-49

The Fort Buhlow Project has progressed very well. Crews have been working on the footings, columns and caps for the northbound and southbound lanes

The Fort Buhlow Project has progressed very well over the past few months due to great weather conditions. Crews have been working on the footings, columns and caps for the northbound lanes of the new bridge.

Today the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce sent a memo to members of the Louisiana Legislature expressing concern regarding the House Appropriations Committee attempt to raid the Louisiana Mega-Project Development Fund (Mega-Fund).

Today the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce sent a memo to the members of the Louisiana Legislature urging the House Ways & Means Commitee to reject HB2 Amendments.

Transportation issues top the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce's federal legislative agenda for 2011.

The Fort Buhlow Project has progressed very well over the past month due to great weather conditions. Work on the bents, the supports of the new bridge, has begun on the Alexandria side of the project.

The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly Strategic Luncheon on Monday, October 18, 11:30am-1:00pm.

The City of Alexandria has been awarded two Brownfields grants from the EPA to fund Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments

Like anyone who has a stake in the economic well-being of Central Louisiana, Rick Ranson was saddened when International Paper announced last year it was closing its Pineville mill

It may be decades away, but the first steps have been taken toward building a beltway that would connect major roads leading into and out of the Alexandria-Pineville area.

It's no surprise what tops the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce's agenda for the upcoming legislative session. The levees are a huge issue," said Reldon Owens, governmental affairs chairman for the Chamber.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will host a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the final segment of the La. 28 widening project.

Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret joined Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce President Elton Pody and local officials to announce $3.3 million in road improvements at the Coughlin Industrial Park

On December 4, 2008, Randy Gilchrist presented the following projects, on behalf of the Chamber, at a public hearing before the Legislative Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works in Pineville.