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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 12
BY SENATOR ERDEY
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development, the Louisiana
Workforce Commission, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of
state police, a member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, a
member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Board of Supervisors of the Southern University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, to study jointly and make
recommendations with respect to identification and implementation of creative and
alternative options to mitigate or reduce traffic congestion in the Baton Rouge area.
WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Institute's Mobility Report places Baton
Rouge third on the list of medium sized cities with horrible traffic; and
WHEREAS, traffic congestion costs motorists traveling in the Baton Rouge area not
only time but increased annual costs that average more than twelve hundred dollars per year;
and
WHEREAS, corridor improvements to Interstates 10, 110, and 12 are estimated to
cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the state of Louisiana is facing a fiscal crisis, and
it takes years to plan and build; and
WHEREAS, creative and alternative options to reduce traffic congestion, such as not
starting college classes at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Southern
University in Baton Rouge prior to ten o'clock a.m., staggering and rotating work hours of
major Baton Rouge employers, including the departments and agencies of the state of
Louisiana, and encouraging employers to allow employees to telecommute, would alter and
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improve traffic patterns and reduce traffic congestion during peak hours, saving both time
and money, and would improve public safety by reducing crashes.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development, the Louisiana
Workforce Commission, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state
police, a member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, a member of the
House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Board of Supervisors of the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
and the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College to study jointly and make recommendations with respect to
identification and implementation of creative and alternative options to mitigate or reduce
traffic congestion in the Baton Rouge area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and
Development, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections, office of state police, a member of the Senate appointed by the president of the
Senate, a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
of Representatives, the Board of Supervisors of the Southern University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, shall jointly submit a written report and
recommendations, no later than March 1, 2019, to the president of the Senate, the speaker
of the House of Representatives, and the chairmen of the house and senate committees on
transportation, highways and public works, committees on education, and committees on
labor and industrial relations.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, the executive director of
the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, the
president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the
Board of Supervisors of the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University Agricultural and
Mechanical College, the president of the Southern University and Agricultural and
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Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, and the president of the Louisiana State University
Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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