HLS 21RS-805 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROWN
BRIDGES/FERRIES: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and
Development to study the feasibility of having two dedicated lanes to exit eastbound
from the Horace Wilkinson Bridge
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the
3 feasibility of having two dedicated through lanes to exit eastbound from the
4 Interstate 10 Horace Wilkinson Bridge.
5 WHEREAS, the Horace Wilkinson Bridge is the highest bridge on the Mississippi
6River and serves as a primary commuter route to more than one hundred thousand cars and
7trucks daily; and
8 WHEREAS, the Horace Wilkinson Bridge is listed as one of the most frequent sites
9of serious automobile accidents on bridges in the state; and
10 WHEREAS, the reduction to one lane on Interstate 10 eastbound from the Horace
11Wilkinson Bridge is one of the leading causes of daily traffic congestion and frequent
12accidents; and
13 WHEREAS, Interstate 10 eastbound from the Horace Wilkinson Bridge is reduced
14from three lanes to one through lane with a single exit lane to Washington Street around a
15sharp curve, creating hazardous situations which are heightened in case of emergency or
16dangerous weather conditions; and
17 WHEREAS, the unsafe merge that typically occurred at the exit lane to Washington
18Street was addressed with the addition of the Interstate 10 exit ramp to Terrace Avenue in
192019, creating an opportunity for the addition of two dedicated through lanes to exit
20eastbound from the Interstate 10 Horace Wilkinson Bridge to be more feasible; and
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HCR NO. 36
1 WHEREAS, two dedicated through lanes to exit eastbound from the Interstate 10
2Horace Wilkinson Bridge would increase the safety measures for vehicles in emergency
3stops, enhance the safety of motorists, and drastically reduce the traffic congestion where
4more than one hundred thousand cars and trucks commute daily.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
6urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility
7of having two dedicated through lanes to exit eastbound from the Interstate 10 Horace
8Wilkinson Bridge.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Department of Transportation and
10Development shall submit a report detailing the results of its study to the Legislature of
11Louisiana not later than February 1, 2022.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department's study should consider, at a
13minimum, the probable enhancement of safety on the bridge by having two lanes, the
14increased curve radius from adding a lane, as well as other highway safety improvements;
15such as enhanced delineation and friction on the dangerous curve.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
17to the secretary of the Louisiana 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)]
HCR 36 Original 2021 Regular Session Brown
Urges and requests the Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to study the
feasibility of having two dedicated through lanes to exit eastbound from the I-10 Horace
Wilkinson Bridge. Requires the DOTD submit a report to the legislature detailing the results
of the study by Feb. 1, 2022.
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