Contraflow plans in operation for southeast Louisiana, I-49

Gannett Capital Bureau • August 31, 2008 BATON ROUGE-- Lt. Doug Cain of the Louisiana State Police told The Shreveport Times that officials are ending contraflow, or the use of all interstate lanes to take traffic in a single direction to hasten evacuation, on I-49. Contraflow continues in southeast Louisiana. As of 4 a.m. Sunday, the southeast Louisiana contraflow plan has been fully activated. In southwest... [read full story]