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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 136
BY REPRESENTATIVES ORTEGO, TERRY LANDRY, MONTOUCET, AND PIERRE
AND SENATORS GUILLORY AND PERRY
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to conduct a study
relative to the potential of frontage roads being constructed adjacent to interstate
roadways and or urban arterials.
WHEREAS, the concepts evaluated should include but not be limited to: two-way
frontage road systems with diamond ramp configurations at the interchanges, one-way
frontage road systems with diamond ramp configurations at the interchanges, and one-way
frontage road systems with X-style ramp configurations for the interchanges; and
WHEREAS, the study shall evaluate the feasibility of implementing one or more of
the three frontage road concepts and;
WHEREAS, these frontage road systems have been implemented nationwide to
reduce daily transportation delays and improve travel speed.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request that the Department of Transportation and Development conduct a study
relative to the development of viable conceptual alternatives for frontage roads.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this study should include an examination of
other states policies and experiences as it regulates to land development, tax impacts, traffic
operations, and traffic level of services for each of the alternates considered.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this study be conducted by the department prior
to December 31, 2012, and a report of its findings be presented to the House Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works thirty days prior to the convening of the 2013 Regular Session
of the Legislature of Louisiana. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 136
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE