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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 70
BY SENATOR BROWN AND REPRESENTATIVES BERTHELOT, LAMBERT, PRICE
AND SCHEXNAYDER
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the
feasibility and costs of the four lane widening of LA 73 between LA 30 and
Interstate 10 and the four lane widening of LA 30 between Interstate 10 and LA 44,
all in Ascension Parish.
WHEREAS, Ascension Parish is one of the fastest growing parishes in Louisiana,
having experienced a growth in population of approximately forty percent since the year
2000 federal decennial census; and
WHEREAS, these sections of LA 73 and LA 30 in Ascension Parish experience high
volumes of traffic; and
WHEREAS, this section of LA 73 experiences daily traffic congestion due to
development of new residential subdivisions, increased retail traffic in and around Tanger
Factory Mall, school traffic to and from Dutchtown High School, and travel of plant workers
to new industrial developments in the area; and
WHEREAS, this section of LA 73 runs through the unincorporated area of Geismar
often requiring local law enforcement to assist residents in exiting their home driveways to
enter upon LA 73 to travel to work and to school; and
WHEREAS, this section of LA 30 experiences traffic congestion from traffic
traveling to and from the Tanger Factory Mall and many other subsidiary stores and hotels,
and the travel of plant workers to and from industrial and various chemical enterprises in the
area.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request that the Department of Transportation and Development study the
feasibility and costs of the four lane widening of LA 73 between LA 30 and Interstate 10 and
the four lane widening of LA 30 between Interstate 10 and LA 44, all in Ascension Parish,
and report its findings and recommendations in a written report to the Senate Committee on
Transportation, Highways, and Public Works and to the House Committee on SCR NO. 70 ENROLLED
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Transportation, Highways, and Public Works not later than March 1, 2013.
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