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Waggoner was contracted by the East Baton Rouge Department of Transportation and Drainage (EBR DTD), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), to provide environmental documentation, planning, and preliminary engineering for improvements to Hooper Road. The project was for an existing two-lane rural roadway portion of Hooper Road (LA 408) from Blackwater Road to Sullivan Road in Central, LA. The EBR DTD is proposing capacity and safety upgrades to the corridor using a four-lane urban boulevard, subsurface drainage and pedestrian accessibility.

As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment, Waggoner performed roadway planning, assimilated natural and human environment data, determined cumulative impacts, created conceptual relocation plans, provided alternative development plans, coordinated public involvement efforts, and prepared NEPA documents. Waggoner ran public meetings to gather community input on the project. A Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) was issued for this project in December 2018.

Waggoner performed preliminary conceptual design for roundabouts at several intersections along the corridor (Blackwater Road, Lovett Road and Joor Road).

The firm is now developing final design and construction plans for the segment from Blackwater Bayou to Joor Road, including the final geometrics of a new two-lane roundabout at Lovett Road. With a dynamic digital terrain model (DTM) of the proposed corridor, Waggoner can adjust to minimize impacts. Full roadway plans for the four-lane boulevard with a raised median are being developed using LaDOTD design criteria.