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  • Resident in 70805: "We have been forgotten" Play Video

    March 11, 2013 4:09 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Some residents who live in the 70805 ZIP code say they have been forgotten when it comes to basic city services. Heavy rains overnight caused flooding along a stretch of Maple Drive near Evangeline. Six hours after the rain stopped, stagnant water remained in the street. A... more »
  • Blighted properties coming down Play Video

    March 8, 2013 4:33 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The Department of Public Works started some spring cleaning in Baton Rouge, demolishing abandoned houses in an effort to get rid of blighted properties in the city. Crews knocked down a house on North 37th Street which had been empty for nearly a decade. Residents complained... more »
  • Sources: DPW workers suspended over inappropriate email

    January 17, 2013 12:37 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Sources tell WBRZ the East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Public Works suspended more than a dozen employees due to an email that was deemed inappropriate. The email is alleged to have had racial overtones circulated via the department's governmental email. The suspended workers are... more »
  • Volunteers infected by bacteria at University Lake Play Video

    September 18, 2012 5:50 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Sewage seeping into University Lake in Baton Rouge has led to serious infections in people. Volunteers working to clean up vegetation in the lake were admitted to the ER after bacteria from the water spread to open wounds. Matt Thomas had an infection that started... more »
  • Debris cleanup crews add trucks, workers Play Video

    September 6, 2012 4:08 PM

    BATON ROUGE - More trucks hit the streets of East Baton Rouge Parish today with a new system to get as much of Isaac's leftover debris cleaned up as quickly as possible. The Department of Public Works said yesterday that debris cleanup in the parish could take 45 more... more »
  • Department of Public Works begins debris cleanup Play Video

    September 3, 2012 4:35 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Cleanup crews began collecting woody debris from East Baton Rouge Parish neighborhoods today. The Department of Public Works said they will be collecting in the 70815 and 70805 ZIP codes this week. Environmental Engineer Bob Hearn says the damage is not nearly as bad as from... more »
  • DPW to make emergency repairs on culvert in Old Jefferson Play Video

    August 20, 2012 3:46 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Emergency repairs will be made on a culvert in one Old Jefferson neighborhood following heavy rains over the weekend. The homeowner told News 2 he had been calling the Department of Public Works for months. "They made a report and gave me a service number, and... more »
  • Hit-and-run street still needs sidewalks Play Video

    August 16, 2012 11:10 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A stretch of East Boyd Drive was supposed to be safer before the start of school at LSU. Students have repeatedly been hit by cars while walking in the street. It's been blamed on a lack of sidewalks. But work remains incomplete, and instead of... more »
  • DPW project destroys local woman's yard Play Video

    August 15, 2012 10:29 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Work on a sewer line has cost one woman her back yard. Maggie Fahr says the Department of Public Works started on the sewer line in her back yard on June 19th and told her the work would be done in a couple of weeks. ... more »
  • Bidding underway to get sidewalks near Tigerland

    April 3, 2012 10:11 AM

    BATON ROUGE - East Boyd Drive is scheduled to get sidewalks in an area heavily trafficked by walking crowds. The Department of Public Works advertised the job last month, and DPW said in an email it is scheduled to receive bids Tuesday, April 3rd. Tonight on News 2... more »
  • Election signs causing headaches in Baton Rouge

    October 24, 2011 10:22 PM

    BATON ROUGE- There's a battle brewing because of Saturday's election. Campaign signs still line streets, some illegally. The city-parish ordinance says signs must be picked up seven days after an election. Run-off candidates catch a break. But signs, of any kind, can only be on private property and... more »
  • DPW puts an end to filthy swimming pools

    August 10, 2011 6:37 PM

    BATON ROUGE-- Murky, filthy swimming pools in Baton Rouge that homeowners refuse to clean up are getting a permanent makeover-- one so extreme no one will be able to even get in the pool. The Department of Public Works is filling in pools with dirt and sand to keep mosquito... more »
  • Neighbors want lot cleaned up in North Baton Rouge

    June 21, 2011 5:55 PM

    BATON ROUGE- A group of people in North Baton Rouge call the overgrown property in their neighborhood an eyesore and they want it cleaned up. The house, on Oswego Street near Plank Road, has tall weeds and vines growing all around it. People who live near the house worry... more »
  • DPW making progress on blighted BR properties

    June 20, 2011 6:14 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Dozens of abandoned houses and buildings in Baton Rouge are now community gardens after they were torn down. In less than a year the Department of Public Works has torn down more than 80 houses in the area. DPW planned to have a few more buildings demolished... more »
  • Alvin Dark residents beg for light

    June 13, 2011 9:16 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Folks who live on Alvin Dark in Tigerland are sick of the street living up to its name. The road is pitch black at night, leaving a lot of people too afraid to go outside after the sun sets. They say the lack of illumination has made their... more »
  • Blighted Baton Rouge buildings torn down

    June 7, 2011 5:05 PM

    BATON ROUGE - More than 65 blighted properties in Baton Rouge are gone, and in many of their places are community gardens like the one near the corner of Government and Eddie Robinson Drive. That's thanks to a Department of Public Works task force of four crews that tore... more »
  • Vandalized traffic signs will cost thousands to replace

    December 28, 2010 5:03 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Thousands of dollars of tax payer money will be spent to replace dozens of vandalized traffic signs in Baton Rouge. The Department of Public Works maintains the signs. "If it's a traffic control sign like a stop sign or yield sign, that's a 24-hour replacement," Public... more »
  • Man wants dangerous intersection fixed

    November 25, 2010 12:34 PM

    BATON ROUGE - When you cross under I-110 onto Laurel Street in Downtown Baton Rouge, Ryan Collins says you'd better look out. That's because he's seen driver after driver come off the interstate and make an illegal left-hand turn onto North 9th Street, cutting the rest of the traffic off.... more »
  • Rough Roads Ahead: South Harrell's Ferry Road

    November 1, 2010 10:35 PM

    BATON ROUGE - It's rough roads ahead for South Harrell's Ferry Road, which has been under construction for a year, and still has a year to go. The thoroughfare was supposed to be closed between Jones Creek Road and O'Neal Lane only through August, but construction had only just... more »
  • Rough Roads: Brightside Lane

    October 31, 2010 7:01 PM

    Brightside Lane is getting a turn lane, sidewalks and bike paths to ease the flow of traffic that's exploded from college housing in the past few years, but that improvement comes at a price. The road has been a headache for drivers for a year now, and the $15... more »
  • Former DPW worker: taxpayers to pay for massive sewer system

    September 16, 2010 6:09 PM

    The Wet Weather Capacity Treatment Project is slated to stop sewage from overflowing onto Baton Rouge Streets, something that has been a problem for years and has cost the city more than $2.5 million since 2006. The EPA demanded the city stop the sewage problem. It will include two... more »
  • Police chase ends at LSU

    June 8, 2010 6:43 PM

    Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Police chased a driver Tuesday morning, who they say appeared to be emotionally disturbed. 61-year-old Phillip Brown, Jr. weaved his way around the city, crossed the Mississippi River and came back into town. More than 20 law enforcement officers pursued him because he refused... more »
  • Woman compares parking garage filth to third world country

    March 17, 2010 4:08 PM

    A woman in Baton Rouge is upset over the way a public parking garage is maintained. She compared it to a third world country. Margaret Vick wrote a letter to the editor in The Advocate Wednesday morning. She complained about the conditions. Vick was with company when she parked... more »
  • Picture of parish worker asleep on job causing controversy

    February 12, 2010 8:26 PM

    A picture taken by a frustrated man from Central is causing the Director of the Department of Public Works to launch an investigation. Gary Carpenter snapped a photo with his camera phone yesterday after seeing what appeared to be a DPW worker asleep in his city-issued truck. "I've... more »
  • More DPW vehicles may get GPS tracking

    October 14, 2009 9:55 AM

    The East Baton Rouge Parish Public Works Department is considering an expansion of its GPS tracking system. 16 vehicles currently have the monitoring system which allows supervisors to know exactly where a vehicle is located. Hundreds of other vehicles could be added to the program in the next years. Lafaeytte... more »
  • East Baton Rouge Parish methane project to begin next month

    October 5, 2009 4:52 PM

    Officials in East Baton Rouge Parish want to turn garbage into cash with a new system that captures methane gas from the North Baton Rouge Landfill. From there, it will be taken to two plants where it will be used as a substitute for natural gas. Over the 20-year... more »

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