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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 38
BY SENATOR ADLEY
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Requests that DOTD study feasibility of authorizing the collection
of tolls to complete I-49 South.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the2
feasibility of authorizing the collection of tolls to complete I-49 South.3
WHEREAS, completion of I-49 South through Lafayette and between Lafayette and4
New Orleans is vital to Louisiana and its citizens in order to provide needed transportation5
infrastructure for hurricane evacuation and economic development and to mitigate traffic6
congestion, particularly in Lafayette; and7
WHEREAS, since 2008 the Jindal administration has invested more than one8
hundred twenty-million dollars toward completion of the I-49 South corridor; and9
WHEREAS, more than one hundred miles of the total one hundred fifty-six mile10
corridor of I-49 South are complete or currently under construction; and11
WHEREAS, the department is pursuing additional sources of funding to complete12
the remaining phases of I-49 South, including application for funds available under the13
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act; and14
WHEREAS, it is vital to Louisiana that the department pursue all means of finance,15
including tolls, to accelerate completion of the I-49 corridor. 16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby17
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility18 SCR NO. 38
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of authorizing the collection of tolls to complete I-49 South, and to submit a written report1
of its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways,2
and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public3
Works not later than December 13, 2012.4
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the5
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Adley SCR No.
Requests DOTD study the feasibility of tolls to complete I-49 South and to submit a written
report of its findings and recommendations not later than December 13, 2012, to the Senate
Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works and the House Committee on
Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.