BATON ROUGE — Construction began Monday on an $8 million Scenic Highway Improvement Project in Baton Rouge. 

The improvement project will see Scenic Highway repaved from Swan Avenue to Harding Boulevard. Sidewalks along this stretch will also be improved, as well as improvements to drainage and the addition of new road striping. 

The Swan Avenue Railroad Crossing will also be upgraded. 

Similar work has already been done along Plank Road. 

The Scenic Highway project is expected to continue over the next year, and will be complete by the last quarter of 2027.