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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 38
BY SENATOR ADLEY
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the
feasibility of authorizing the collection of tolls to complete I-49 South.
WHEREAS, completion of I-49 South through Lafayette and between Lafayette and
New Orleans is vital to Louisiana and its citizens in order to provide needed transportation
infrastructure for hurricane evacuation and economic development and to mitigate traffic
congestion, particularly in Lafayette; and
WHEREAS, since 2008 the Jindal administration has invested more than one
hundred twenty-million dollars toward completion of the I-49 South corridor; and
WHEREAS, more than one hundred miles of the total one hundred fifty-six mile
corridor of I-49 South are complete or currently under construction; and
WHEREAS, the department is pursuing additional sources of funding to complete
the remaining phases of I-49 South, including application for funds available under the
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act; and
WHEREAS, it is vital to Louisiana that the department pursue all means of finance,
including tolls, to accelerate completion of the I-49 corridor.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility
of authorizing the collection of tolls to complete I-49 South, and to submit a written report
of its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways,
and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public
Works not later than December 13, 2012. SCR NO. 38 ENROLLED
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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.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES