Botched pothole repairs cause traffic jam on I-10 Thursday
BATON ROUGE - Failed attempts to patch up a pothole overnight led to an hours-long closure of multiple lanes on I-10 Thursday morning.
POTHOLE PROBLEM: I-10 down to one lane eastbound at College as crews fill pothole, expect HEAVY delays.
— Ashley Frugé WBRZ (@ashleywbrz) March 21, 2019
The incident was reported before 6 a.m. at College Drive. DOTD closed the middle and right lanes throughout the morning to patch the hole with concrete. The lanes were eventually opened just after noon.
A statement from the department said the roadway was initially patched overnight, but the concrete did not settle in time for morning traffic.
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Though the lanes have reopened, DOTD said driver can expect more than a dozen miles of delays.
All lanes are open on I-10 East at College Drive. Congestion has reached approximately 18 miles in length.
— Baton Rouge Traffic (@BR_Traffic) March 21, 2019