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Council hears designs for Monkhouse Drive beautification; staff to perform traffic and survey work
Summary
Design team and city staff presented three conceptual design alternatives to beautify the Monkhouse Drive corridor between Hollywood Avenue and I‑20; council members praised the concepts and asked for traffic studies, topographic surveys and low‑maintenance plantings ahead of the design phase.
Shreveport city staff and a private design team presented conceptual designs Tuesday for a Monkhouse Drive beautification project intended to improve the roughly 1,600‑foot corridor between Hollywood Avenue and Interstate 20.
Brandon Ia, operations manager with the design team, said the contractor delivered three concept alternatives and completed an initial 30% conceptual phase. The proposals include a "road diet" to reallocate pavement, medians in some locations, new curb and gutter, wider sidewalks (five to eight feet), landscaping buffers, street lighting with banners, and entry features at corridor ends. "Our goal is to add curb and gutter and remove…
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