BATON ROUGE - Project leaders behind the University Lakes Restoration project say that a lot of progress has been made, but there is still much work to do.

They held an open house at the Baton Rouge Gallery on Thursday evening to provide updates and answer questions the public has about the project.

"We're funded through 2026. Is that going to be the end of the project? No. That's not going to be the end of the project, and that's ok," Louisiana State Representative Dixon McMakin said to the large crowd.

The project recently cleared a major milestone, nearing total completion on phase one of its two primary phases. Phase one includes dredging City Park Lake and Lake Erie, and then landscaping their shorelines. The two lakes have already been dredged, and landscaping is now being install

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