HLS 16RS-508 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 201
BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANKLIN
TRANSPORTATION: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and
Development to review the feasibility of installing an additional turning lane at the
intersection of United States Highway 171 North and Moeling Street in Calcasieu
Parish
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to review the
3 feasibility of installing an additional turning lane at the intersection of United States
4 Highway 171 North, locally known as Martin Luther King Highway, and Moeling
5 Street in Calcasieu Parish and to report its findings to the House Committee on
6 Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the member of the House of
7 Representatives representing House District Number 34 on or before March 1, 2017.
8 WHEREAS, state and local governments strive to protect motorists and enhance
9safety on roads, streets, and highways of the state, particularly the roads, streets, and
10highways that experience an increased volume of traffic; and
11 WHEREAS, the intersection of United States Highway 171, which runs north to
12south, and Moeling Street, which runs east to west, is adjacent to the intersection of United
13States Highway 171 and Interstate 10 and is situated at the bottom of an overpass; and
14 WHEREAS, the intersection experiences such heavy traffic congestion that a number
15of motorists attempting to turn left on Moeling Street from United States Highway 171 North
16are forced to drive through the intersection, make a left turn farther down United States
17Highway 171, and travel south to make a right turn on Moeling Street; and
18 WHEREAS, traffic approaching and attempting to turn left on Moeling Street from
19United States Highway 171, in the north-bound lane, is stagnant, which has caused heavy
20delays and an increased number of motor vehicle accidents to occur; and
21 WHEREAS, turning lanes are designed to enhance highway safety, increase road
22capacity, facilitate orderly movement of traffic, and reduce traffic delays and accidents; and
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1 WHEREAS, turning lanes substantially reduce crashes by fifty percent and reduce
2rear-end collisions by seventy-five percent on average; and
3 WHEREAS, the intersection of United States Highway 171 and Moeling Street is
4heavily traveled and an additional turning lane would alleviate traffic congestion and provide
5easier and safer travel to motorists.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
7Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Department of Transportation and
8Development to review the feasibility of installing an additional turning lane at the
9intersection of United States Highway 171 North and Moeling Street in Calcasieu Parish.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and
11Development shall consider traffic patterns, traffic volume, traffic speed, road features
12including curves and visibility, and whether fewer forms of traffic control would be
13effective.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and
15Development shall report its findings to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways
16and Public Works and to the member of the House of Representatives representing House
17District Number 34 on or before March 1, 2017.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
19secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 201 Original 2016 Regular Session Franklin
Urges and requests the Dept. of Transportation and Development to review the feasibility
of installing an additional turning lane at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 171 North and
Moeling St. in Calcasieu Parish.
Requires the Dept. of Transportation and Development to consider traffic patterns, traffic
volume, traffic speed, road features including curves and visibility, and whether fewer forms
of traffic control would be effective in their review.
Requires the Dept. of Transportation and Development to report its findings to the House
Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and to the member of the House
of Representatives representing House District No. 34 on or before Mar. 1, 2017.
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