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LA HR303
Resolution
Status
6/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joy Walters
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AI Summary
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Urges the Department of Transportation and Development to assume full responsibility for the I-49 Inner-City Connector (ICC) project, which would connect I-49 South to I-49 North through Shreveport via Interstate 20 and Interstate 220
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The project has been stalled in "Stage 1" since September 2011, with the feasibility study completed in May 2010, currently managed by the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments in collaboration with DOTD
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Project delays attributed to cost increases of approximately $300-400 million above original estimates and decreased funding allocation
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Caddo Parish ranks second in Louisiana for fatal car accidents, with a fatal accident occurring on I-220 near the I-49 interchange on April 24, 2025, and DOTD has implemented surface abrasion treatments as a safety measure
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A copy of the resolution would be transmitted to the DOTD secretary requesting the department take over all construction duties from the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments
Legislative Description
Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development assume and reassign duties and responsibilities for the construction of the I-49 Inner-City Connector project
TRANSPORTATION
Last Action
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6/10/2025