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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 189
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to update the
previously completed study of the feasibility of the construction of an additional
Mississippi River bridge to provide a solution to traffic problems and enhance
development and further assess the advisability of the construction of an additional
Mississippi River bridge.
WHEREAS, South Louisiana is particularly vulnerable to hurricanes, and a new
Mississippi River crossing will improve the region's capability to evacuate at-risk areas; and
WHEREAS, the addition of a bridge over the Mississippi River at Chalmette will
substantially improve transportation through the region and improve access to New Orleans
east, St. Bernard Parish, the west bank of Orleans Parish, the west bank of Jefferson Parish
and Plaquemines Parish; and
WHEREAS, the Crescent City Connection Bridge is burdened to provide river
crossing access for all vehicular trips originating on the west bank with destinations in New
Orleans east, or points east of the city, and a new bridge crossing at Chalmette would
provide an alternate route for such trips; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation and Development previously
conducted a study of the feasibility of the construction of the Chalmette-Algiers Mississippi
River Bridge, for which the final report was issued in August of 1999.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development, in consultation with
local governing authorities, to update the previous completed study of the feasibility of
constructing an additional Mississippi River bridge, including an analysis of toll feasibility,
and further assess the advisability of constructing an additional Mississippi River bridge.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and
Development submit a preliminary report of the updated study to the House Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works on or before January 1, 2017.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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