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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 8
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Requests DOTD to study improving operational safety of exit from
I-10 to East Washingon Street in Baton Rouge.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study improving2
the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East Washington Street in3
Baton Rouge.4
WHEREAS, past studies have considered a solution to improve safety for vehicles5
traveling south on Interstate 110 through its junction with Interstate 10 to exit Interstate 106
at the East Washington Street exit in Baton Rouge; and7
WHEREAS, following a 1995 study, the department modified the stripping and8
signage of the Interstate 10/Interstate 110 interchange; and9
WHEREAS, since 1995, traffic volumes in this area have increased and such10
increased traffic impacts the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East11
Washington Street in Baton Rouge; and12
WHEREAS, vehicles traveling south on Interstate 110 through its junction with13
Interstate 10 must cross the only lane of Interstate 10 for east bound traffic and compete with14
a line of large trucks exiting the Horace Wilkinson Bridge to exit Interstate 10 at the East15
Washington Street exit. 16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby17
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study improving18 SCR NO. 8
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the operational safety of the East Washington Street exit from Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge,1
and to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate and House committees on2
transportation, highways, and public works, not later than sixty days prior to the beginning3
of the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature.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
Dorsey-Colomb SCR No. 8
Requests DOTD to study improving the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to
East Washington Street in Baton Rouge.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Changes resolution from "direct" to "urge and request"
2. Changes resolution to request DOTD study improving the operational safety
of exit from I-10 to East Washington Street in Baton Rouge
3. Requires DOTD to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate
and House committees on transportation, highways, and public works, not
later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2013 Regular Session of the
Legislature