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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 61
BY SENATOR BROWN
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT. Requests DOTD study widening LA 73 in Ascension
Parish.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the2
feasibility and costs of widening LA 73 between LA 30 and Interstate 10 in3
Ascension Parish.4
WHEREAS, Ascension Parish is one of the fastest growing parishes in Louisiana,5
having experienced a growth in population of approximately forty percent since the year6
2000 federal decennial census; and7
WHEREAS, the section of LA 73 in Ascension Parish experiences a high volume of8
traffic; and9
WHEREAS, this section of LA 73 experiences daily traffic congestion due to10
development of new residential subdivisions, school traffic to and from Dutchtown High11
School, and travel of plant workers to new industrial developments in the area; and12
WHEREAS, this section of LA 73 runs through the unincorporated area of Geismar13
often requiring local law enforcement to assist residents in exiting their home driveways to14
enter upon LA 73 to travel to work and school.15
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby16
urge and request that the Department of Transportation and Development study the17
feasibility and costs of widening LA 73 between LA 30 and Interstate 10 in Ascension18 SCR NO. 61
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Parish, and report its findings and recommendations in a written report to the Senate1
Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works and to the House Committee2
on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works not later than March 1, 2013.3
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the4
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.5
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Brown SCR No. 61
Requests DOTD study the feasibility and costs of widening LA 73 between LA 30 and
Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish, and to report its findings and recommendations in a
written report to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works and
the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works not later than March
1, 2013.