Mayor Arceneaux has approved the solicitation for bids for the construction of two substations for the Shreveport Police Department. These new substations, strategically located on North Market Street and Monkhouse Drive to optimize response times and community presence, will be bid shortly, so that construction can begin as quickly as possible, hopefully during 2024.

Mayor Arceneaux expressed his enthusiasm for the upcoming projects stating, “I am thrilled to see the bid process begin on these substations. They represent our commitment to improving public safety and ensuring that our police force has the resources they need to effectively serve our citizens. This is a significant step forward in building a safer, stronger Shreveport.”

Funding for these projects came from the 2021 Bond Proposition, in which each substation was allotted 1.5 million dollars for construction. The City is still in the process of finding a location and identifying the requisite funds for a third substation that was included in the 2021 Bond Proposition.

Next week, the City of Shreveport is updating its website to be more user-friendly and to give more information to the citizens of Shreveport. On the City’s new website, there will be a dashboard at which citizens can check the status of all of Shreveport’s capital projects, including projects from the 2021 and 2024 Bond Propositions.