Ochsner Lafayette General announced in June that they were planning a massive upgrade to the facility. The expansion would cost around $100 million and include a 6-floor inpatient tower, a state-of-the-art Cancer center, and a 547 vehicle parking garage tower.
Louisiana's new legislative leaders have quickly signed off on plans for the state to borrow up to $350 million to replenish the account that pays for state-financed construction work.
You may have seen some activity at the old Gatti Town building on Johnston Street in Lafayette and wondered what was going on. Well, we have a little knowledge courtesy of the website Developing Lafayette.
I think we are all fans of fireworks except when we are not supposed to be seeing fireworks and especially when we cause the fireworks unintentionally.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
In a city like Lafayette, a multi-million dollar construction project is surely something you're not going to miss if you pass it on Ambassador Caffery. On a recent venture to the southern end of the Hub City, an area that was once dense brush is now being cleared...