Busy stretch of Bluebonnet without multiple street lights, pedestrian struck in area last week – WBRZ

BATON ROUGE — Several street lights are out along a busy stretch of road where a pedestrian was recently hit.

Jeannie Williamson drives on Bluebonnet Boulevard between Airline Highway and Jefferson Highway before the sun rises on her way to work. She says the lights have been out for several months.

“It’s very dark and it’s just dangerous,” she said.

There was a lot of construction along Jefferson Highway. Williamson says it was dark from the start of this project.

“They opened it up for traffic a few months ago, but they never turned the lights back on,” Williamson said.

Street lights along Woman’s Center for Wellness and along the median of Bluebonnet Boulevard are out. There are still a few lights out in front of the new The Waters at Bluebonnet building.

While the businesses and apartment complexes in the area are well lit, the streets are not. Last week someone was hit by a car on Bluebonnet near Celtic Drive. This happened before the sun came up and the injuries were so bad that they were taken to hospital.

“I believe this guy was hit by the car because they just couldn’t see him in the dark,” Williamson said.

The city-parish says it pays to maintain the street lights, but they are owned by Entergy and it is Entergy’s responsibility to fix the problems. The city says it notified the power company about the outages, as did 2 On Your Side.