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Edwards announces plans for $216M in federal road funding
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Widening of I-20 in Monroe to be funded by federal infrastructure bill
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$216M to be allocated for road and infrastructure projects in Louisiana
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and last updated 2021-04-19 17:20:28-04
Louisiana has received approximately $216 million to be allocated for road and infrastructure projects throughout the state.
Gov. John Bel Edwards joined LA DOTD and the Louisiana Legislature to announce the allocation as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. This $1.4 trillion relief package was passed by Congress last year.
The Act allocates $155 million to be used at the stateâs discretion, $30 million specifically for bridge repair and/or replacement, $20 million for the stateâs large metro areas and $11 million for electric vehicle charging infrastructures. DOTD selected projects across the state from needs identified through technical analyses and through legislative and public input gathered at recent and past hearings on the Highway Priority Program. The list of projects is provided below.
Report: Louisiana s roads cost drivers $7 6 billion a year
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April 16, 2021 By Frank McCormack
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony April 12 for the project to replace the Judge Perez Bridge, a vertical lift bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Belle Chasse, La., and the accompanying tunnel that passes under the canal. The bridge forms part of Louisiana Highway 23, the main roadway that connects all the communities on the west bank of Plaquemines Parish stretching about 70 miles between Belle Chasse and Venice to the rest of the greater New Orleans area.
The Judge Perez Bridge opened in September 1968, while the tunnel opened to traffic in February 1956. The tunnel, innovative when it first opened, is thought to be the first tunnel in the world that did not require personnel to operate it. Today, more than 33,000 vehicles cross the structures each day, with mechanical issues at the bridge and