SLS 12RS-552 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 8
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Directs DOTD to make a safer exit off I-10 to East Washingon
Street in Baton Rouge.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To direct the Department of Transportation and Development to improve the operational2
safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East Washington Street in Baton Rouge.3
WHEREAS, past studies have considered a solution to improve safety for vehicles4
traveling south on Interstate 110 through its junction with Interstate 10 to exit Interstate 105
at the East Washington Street exit in Baton Rouge; and6
WHEREAS, vehicles traveling south on Interstate 110 through its junction with7
Interstate 10 must cross the only lane of Interstate 10 for east bound traffic and compete with8
a line of large trucks exiting the Horace Wilkinson Bridge to exit Interstate 10 at the East9
Washington Street exit. 10
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby11
direct the Department of Transportation and Development to improve the operational safety12
of the East Washington Street exit from Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge.13
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the14
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.15 SCR NO. 8
SLS 12RS-552 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Dorsey-Colomb SCR No. 8
Directs DOTD to improve the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East
Washington Street in Baton Rouge.