STARTING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. >> OK, JASON, IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING FOR DRIVERS IN ASCENSION PARISH CREWS ARE GETTING TO WORK. PATCHING AND STRIPING A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 73 AT HIGHWAY. 22, THIS IS FALLON. BROWN HAS DETAILS ON THE ROAD WORK. >> IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THE CONES ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 73, THEY'RE THERE FOR A GOOD REASON. WELL, AT LA 73, AN LA. 22. WE'RE CONCRETE PATCHING SOME STRIPING AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS SET UP BOTH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS, BIG IMPROVEMENTS COMING SOON TO YOUR DAILY DRIVE WITH A NEARLY 2 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN THE WORKS, LANE CLOSURES ARE TO BE EXPECTED. BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING SMOOTHLY REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF DAY ON LA 73, THEY ARE WORKING MAINLY AT NIGHT AND I DO BELIEVE THEY DO WORK DURING THE DAY ON THE WEEKEND AND THEN ON LA. 22. >> BECAUSE IT IS A AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK DURING THE DAY. FOR THE MOST PART, YOU WON'T NEED TO EXPECT ANY MAJOR DELAYS OR DETOURS RELATED TO THIS WORK. NOW, MAJOR CLOSURES MIGHT MAINLY AT NIGHT AND THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GREATLY NEEDED AT BOAT TO THESE INTERSECTION. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A >> A SMOOTHER, SAFER RIDE HOPEFULLY ENJOYED A LITTLE BIT MORE. CREWS BEGAN PATCHING STRIPING THE ROADWAY IN SECTIONS ON OCTOBER. 18TH. >> AND THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT LONGER UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETE. LA 22 IS PROBABLY GOT LIKE 2 MORE WEEKS LEFT AND THEN LA 73 WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ALAN BROWN WBRZ NEWS 2 PERMIT AND OVERSIZE LOADS GREATER THAT 16 FEE