Bertrand Drive center-lane work scheduled through March, LCG says

Lafayette Consolidated Government says intermittent center-lane restrictions on Bertrand Drive between Johnston Street and North College Road were scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 28, for underground utility work. The city’s Sept. 25 notice schedules the work through March 30, 2027. The notice does not identify a daily work location or confirm that a particular lane is closed now.

First-party editorial schematic by Vermilion Boom, based on the named endpoints in LCG’s notice. It is not to scale and does not show daily work locations or detours.

The restrictions will move in sections as crews perform subsurface boring for communication infrastructure, according to LCG. The notice says the center lane will not be closed continuously along the full corridor during the work period.

Through traffic in both directions and access to businesses and properties are expected to remain open, LCG says. Left turns may be restricted only where an active work area closes the center lane; the city identifies Johnston Street and North College Road as nearby alternate routes.

The notice describes the utility work as the first phase of the Bertrand Drive Revitalization Project. It says the $1.9 million portion is expected to finish in spring 2027, weather permitting. That schedule is an expectation for this phase, not confirmation that work is complete or that every future corridor improvement is funded.

LCG directs motorists to its road-closure dashboard for the latest information once the work begins.