DOTD Planning Hooper Rd. Extension

Though Project Is Not Fully Funded, Planning Process Is Moving Ahead

BATON ROUGE — A traffic study conducted by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber in 2010 identified the extension of Hooper Road across the Amite River to Watson as the second most important project in the Baton Rouge area.

Now the Hooper Road Extension project is under study by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration.

The proposed widening of Hooper Road would begin at Sullivan Road on the west and continue to Greenwell Springs Road on the east. The proposed extension of Hooper Road would start at Greenwell Springs Road on the west, cross the Amite River into Livingston Parish, and end either at LA 16 or LA 1019 on the east. The total length of the project would be approximately 5.5 miles.

DOTD is currently conducting an environmental assessment of the project.