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Speed limits will soon be raised on some roads in the parish.
At the March 1 Parish Council meeting, President Guy Cormier said that a study by a Lafayette traffic consulting firm has shown that on some roads, improved road conditions would justify a higher speed limit without compromising safety.

The St. Martin School Board last week unveiled a “scope of work and expenditure breakdown” for the $64.5 million bond proposal members hope parish voters will approve in an April 9 special election.

St. Martin Parish public school students and teachers will have two less holidays for Mardi Gras under the 2016-17 school calendar approved last week by the school board.
The calendar was adopted without discussion after a staff report showed that 58.2 percent of the employees favored the proposal over an alternate calendar.