DOTD announces Preliminary Highway Program public hearing schedule for fiscal year 2015-2016
Thursday, October 02, 2014 at 10:29:31 AM
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A series of Public Hearings will be held in accordance with LA R.S. 48:231 and conducted by the Joint Transportation, Highways & Public Works Committee. Below is a list of the times and places where the hearings will be held. The purpose of the hearings is to review highway construction priorities for the fiscal year 2015-2016. A copy of the Preliminary Program for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 will be available for review on October 1, 2014, by interested persons at the LADOTD Headquarters Building, 1201 Capitol Access Road, Room 200U, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, or at: http://1.usa.gov/1vA3W8Q.

All interested persons are invited for the purpose of becoming fully acquainted with the proposed program and will be afforded an opportunity to express their views. Oral testimony may be supplemented by presenting important facts and documentation in writing. Written statements and comments should be handed to the committee conducting the Hearing, or mailed to the following address, postmarked within 30 calendar days following the Hearing:

Joint Transportation, Highways & Public Works Committee
C/O LA DOTD (SECTION 85)
P.O. BOX 94245
BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9245

Should anyone requiring special assistance due to a disability wish to participate in this public hearing, please contact LADOTD (Attn: Ms. Mary Elliott) by mail at the address above or by telephone at (225) 379-1218 at least five days prior to the date of the public hearing.

LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE HIGHWAY PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM (2015-2016) SCHEDULE:

District 58 for Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle and Tensas parishes
Date and Time: October 21, 2014 at 10 a.m.
Location: Franklin Media Center, 7923 Prairie Road, Winnsboro

District 05 for E. Carroll, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Union and W. Carroll parishes
Date and Time: October 21, 2014 at 2 p.m.
Location: Monroe City Hall, Council Chambers, 400 Lea Joyner Expressway, Monroe

District 04 for Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Red River and Webster parishes
Date and Time: October 22, 2014 at 9 a.m.
Location: Bossier Civic Center, Bodcau Room, 629 Benton Road, Bossier City

District 08 for Avoyelles, Grant, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon and Winn parishes
Date and Time: October 22, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.
Location: Pineville City Hall, Council Meeting Room, 910 Main Street, Pineville

District 07 for Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis parishes
Date and Time: October 23, 2014 at 9 a.m.
Location: Lake Charles Civic Center, Contraband Room, 900 Lakeshore Drive, Lake Charles

District 02 for Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and Terrebonne parishes
Date and Time: October 27, 2014 at 10 a.m.
Location: New Orleans Regional Transportation Management Center, Conference Room A/B, #10 Veterans Blvd., New Orleans

District 62 for Livingston, St. Helena, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes
Date and Time: October 27, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.
Location: Tangipahoa Council Office Chambers, 206 East Mulberry Street, Amite

District 03 for Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes
Date and Time: October 28, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.
Location: Vermilion Clifton Chenier Center, 220 West Willow, Lafayette

District 61 for Ascension, Assumption, E. Baton Rouge, E. Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. James W. Baton Rouge and W. Feliciana parishes
Date and Time: October 30, 2014 at 9 a.m.
Location: State Capitol Basement, House Committee Room 1, Baton Rouge