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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 25
BY SENATOR ERDEY AND REPRESENTATI VES MACK AND POPE
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study improving
Louisiana Highway US 190 to three lanes between Louisiana Highway 16 and
Louisiana Highway 63 in Livingston Parish.
WHEREAS, Louisiana Highway US 190 between Louisiana Highway 16 and
Louisiana Highway 63 in Livingston Parish is a two-lane roadway and lacks adequate
shoulders and turn lanes; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana Highway US 190 serves as an alternate route to Interstate 12
when Interstate 12 is closed due to weather or major accidents; and
WHEREAS, the North Shore Technical College is being expanded which will
increase traffic on Louisiana Highway US 190; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana Highway US 190 needs to be improved from two to three
lanes to accommodate traffic, to improve traffic flow, and to prevent traffic congestion as
a result of vehicles making left turns.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
request the Department of Transportation and Development to study improving Louisiana
Highway US 190 to three lanes between Louisiana Highway 16 and Louisiana Highway 63
in Livingston Parish.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana further requests the
Department of Transportation and Development to submit a written report of its findings and
recommendations to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works
and the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works not later than a
February 1, 2015.
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