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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 157
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to reduce the speed
limit to fifty miles per hour on Louisiana Highway 3235 in Lafourche Parish.
WHEREAS, the local officials in Lafourche Parish request that the Department of
Transportation and Development provide a uniform speed limit of fifty miles per hour on
Louisiana Highway 3235 in Lafourche Parish; and
WHEREAS, speed limits on this stretch of highway range from fifty miles per hour
to sixty-five miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, statistics indicate that within the last three years the Louisiana state
police have worked a total of two hundred sixty-nine accidents with one hundred fourteen
injuries and five fatalities at or near Louisiana Highway 3235; and
WHEREAS, since this is a residential area with many families with children, the
Department of Transportation and Development should reduce the posted speed limit along
this route in order to protect the health and welfare of the residents and to prevent a tragedy
involving the potential additional loss of life or property due to motor vehicle accidents
involving motor vehicles traveling at high rates of speed; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation and Development has performed an
engineering and traffic investigation to study traffic patterns, speed, volumes, and accident
history; and
WHEREAS, as a result of such study the Department of Transportation and
Development concluded that a reduction in speed was not warranted; and
WHEREAS, the citizens in Lafourche Parish feel that it is vital for the Department
of Transportation and Development to reduce the speed limit for the safety of persons
traveling and living along Louisiana Highway 3235.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to reduce the speed
limit to fifty miles per hour for vehicles traveling on Louisiana Highway 3235 in Lafourche
Parish.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and to the parish president
of Lafourche Parish.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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