Mornings with Brian Haldane: Rodney Mallet, 10-01-25

Rodney Mallett from Louisiana’s Department of Transportation joins the show to break down the latest milestone in the decades-long effort to build a new Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge. With the Federal Highway Administration greenlighting the environmental assessment phase, Mallett explains how years of groundwork—site studies, traffic modeling, and public input—have positioned the project to move swiftly through the NEPA process. The bridge, aimed at easing Baton Rouge’s notorious congestion, could be open by 2033 if funding aligns.