Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

It may have taken three decades to get it started, but it appears that persistence has paid off, as the official groundbreaking ceremony was held for construction to begin in the Kansas Lane Extension Project. Louisiana’s Gov. John Bel Edwards was in attendance as Monroe mayor Friday Ellis officially announced that the long-awaited project is off and running. It has been a project that has gone through at least three mayoral administrations and numerous gubernatorial administrations, but after hearing comments from mayor Ellis, it appears that the project was well worth the wait. Upon completi...