DOTD encourages candidates to be mindful of guidelines when posting campaign signs
Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 11:42:39 AM
BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development would like to advise candidates, as they conduct their campaigns for public office, to please keep the following in mind:

  1. It is against Louisiana Law (see RS 48:347) to place signs within the right-of-way of a state highway.
  2. Campaign signs placed in the state right-of-way will be removed and stored at the nearest DOTD parish maintenance unit for 30 days. Contact information for the DOTD districts can be found below.
  3. DOTD personnel are required to remove political signs and other obstructions from state right-of-way in a timely fashion when they become aware of the obstruction.

A good rule of thumb is to place your sign behind existing utility poles on property where you have received permission from the private property owner. Most utilities are within the DOTD right-of-way.

For directions about where and how to reclaim any of your signs that have been removed by DOTD personnel, please refer to the list below.

Thank you for your cooperation and your help in keeping our roadways safe for the citizens of Louisiana.

DOTD DISTRICT 02
1440 U.S. 90
Bridge City, LA 70094
Phone: 504-437-3100
LaFourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Terrebonne, Jefferson, St. Charles

DOTD DISTRICT 03
228 Rue des Voyages
Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone: 337-262-6100
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion

DOTD DISTRICT 04
3339 Industrial Dr.
Bossier City, LA 71112
Phone: 318-549-8300
Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, Bienville

DOTD DISTRICT 05
8010 Desiard St.
Monroe, LA 71203
Phone: 318-342-0100
Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, Lincoln, Ouachita, Richland, Madison, Jackson

DOTD DISTRICT 07
5827 U.S. 90 East
Lake Charles, LA 70615
Phone: 337-437-9100
Beauregard, Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Cameron

DOTD DISTRICT 08
3300 MacArthur Dr.
Alexandria, LA 71301
Phone: 318-561-5100
Sabine, Natchitoches, Winn, Grant, Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles

DOTD DISTRICT 58
6217 LA 15 South
Chase, LA 71324
Phone: 318-412-3100
Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia

DOTD DISTRICT 61
8100 Airline Hwy.
Baton Rouge, LA 70815
Phone: 225-231-4100
Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Assumption, St. James

DOTD DISTRICT 62
685 N. Morrison Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70401
Phone: 985-375-0100
St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, Livingston, St. Tammany, St. John the Baptist

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