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Decision on $1B I-49 connector route expected this fall

(The Center Square) — Federal officials are expected to decide this year where the Interstate 49 Inner City Connector, plagued by local opposition and escalating costs, will be constructed in Shreveport.

The federal highway corridor is not continuous through Shreveport, stopping at I-20 in the south and I-220 in the north. The decades-old project would complete a roughly 3.5-mile section through th…

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