Officials say traffic congestion has increased substantially in the north end of the city since Hurricane Laura.
“Officers have been working five times the number of accidents that we normally work, especially on La. 26,” said Jennings Police Department Chief Danny Semmes.
With work crews and displaced Lake Charles residents flooding Jennings, Semmes reminds drivers here to use extra caution.
“We ask that people slow their speed and exercise caution,” he said. “There is tremendous traffic congestion, especially on the north end of town.”