The $925-million project, which will widen I-10 through Baton Rouge from three to four lanes each way, has risen in cost more than $200 million in two years, officials say.
With concrete foundation work underway and steelwork set to rise in May for the $124-million Tidewater Landing soccer stadium, construction is progressing despite a hold in public funding amid inflationary pressure.
Authorities are probing a trench collapse that killed two construction workers, who were identified by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as Francisco Reyes, 41, and Fernando Lagunas Pereira, 28.