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Regular Session, 2013 APPROVED
SENATE CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST NO. 1
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
A CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST
To the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works and the House
Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works to meet and to function
as a joint committee to study the feasibility of proposing a Transportation
Infrastructure Model for Economic Development 2 (TIMED 2) program for the state.
WHEREAS, Act 16 of the 1
st
Extraordinary Session of the 1989 Louisiana
Legislature, effective January 1, 1990, enacted the Transportation Infrastructure Model for
Economic Development (TIMED) program through the Department of Transportation and
Development; and
WHEREAS, the Act levies a tax of four cents per gallon on all gasoline, diesel fuels,
and special fuels presently taxed in addition to any other tax imposed on gasoline, diesel
fuel, and special fuels to provide dedicated funds exclusively to construct certain specifically
listed projects in the state; and
WHEREAS, approved by vote of the people of Louisiana, the TIMED Program is
the largest single transportation program in state history with a goal to provide jobs to
Louisiana's residents and enhance economic development through investment in
transportation projects; and
WHEREAS, the TIMED program includes widening 536 miles of state highways to
four lanes on eleven project corridors, widening or new construction on three major bridges,
and improvements at both the Port of New Orleans and the Louis Armstrong International
Airport; and
WHEREAS, the multibillion dollar TIMED program is quickly progressing to
completion; and SCSR NO. 1 APPROVED
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WHEREAS, continued development, construction, improvement, and expansion of
an efficient, safe, and well-maintained intermodal transportation system is essential to
provide jobs, promote Louisiana's economic growth and the ability of business and industry
to compete in regional, national, and international markets, and to provide a high quality of
life for the people of this state; and
WHEREAS, input from community leaders through community outreach in
coordination with the Department of Transportation and Development and local
transportation planning groups is essential to develop a proposed TIMED 2 program; and
WHEREAS, available state and federal funds are not keeping pace with the state's
growing transportation system needs; and
WHEREAS, a TIMED 2 program has been suggested by some community leaders
as a means to provide needed transportation projects and additional funding dedicated to
their construction subject to a vote of the people.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana requests that
the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works and the House
Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works meet and function as a joint
committee to study the feasibility of proposing a Transportation Infrastructure Model for
Economic Development 2 (TIMED 2) program for the state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Study Request shall be transmitted
to the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.