Detour ahead: Jones Creek Road will be shuttered to thru traffic this weekend just south of Coursey Boulevard beginning at 8 p.m. Friday so an 8-inch sewer line can be installed across Jones Creek between the nearby Walgreen’s and Circle K stores, Mayor Kip Holden’s office announced today. The roadway is expected to reopen at 8 p.m. Sunday. The suggested detour for northbound thru traffic during the closure is taking Market Street off Jones Creek Road to Coursey Boulevard, then back to Jones Creek Road. Southbound thru traffic should take Coursey to Market Street, and then back to Jones Creek. Jones Creek Road businesses will remain open and accessible.
All together now: Megabus service from Baton Rouge to Texas and New Orleans is now operating at the Capital Area Transit System terminal on Florida Boulevard, CATS announced today. Megabus previously served Baton Rouge from a location on Third and Florida streets. Last month, the service moved to the CATS terminal at 2222 Florida Blvd. Tickets must still be purchased through Megabus and are not sold at the CATS terminal. Megabus provides passenger service to and from New Orleans, Houston and San Antonio from Baton Rouge daily.
Face to face: Supporters of Democrat state Rep. John Bel Edwards and Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter can celebrate with their candidates—or console them—on Saturday, whether they’re maxed-out donors or offered nothing more than their votes. As Gannett Louisiana reports, both gubernatorial candidates have opened their election night events to the public. Edwards has scheduled his event at Hotel Monteleone on 214 Royal St. in New Orleans. That party opens to the public at 7:30 p.m. Vitter’s event will be at the Hilton New Orleans Airport Hotel at 901 Airline Drive in Kenner. His party also opens to the public at 7:30 p.m.
