DOTD receives $41.4 million in additional federal highway funding
Thursday, October 09, 2014 at 9:53:33 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development recently received $41.4 million in additional federal highway funding due to successfully obligating the full amount of its federal funding during the 2013-2014 federal fiscal year.

Each year, the United States Department of Transportation redistributes federal funding to states that are successful in obligating their full federal highway funding allotment during the fiscal year, which spans from October 1 through September 30. DOTD has obligated all of its federal funding 14 years in a row.

“The staff at DOTD works hard each year to obligate our entire allotment of federal funding,” said DOTD Secretary Sherri H. LeBas. “I am proud of their hard work and dedication with helping the department obtain this extra funding for these much-needed projects.”

This additional funding will allow the department to finance various shovel-ready construction projects over the next year. The projects include:

  • An estimated $20 to $30 million project to clean, paint, perform structural repairs and replace the deck on the La. 511 Jimmie Davis Bridge in Bossier Parish.
  • An estimated $20 to $30 million project to perform structural, mechanical and electrical repairs, and paint the La. 1 West Larose Vertical Lift Bridge in Lafourche Parish.
  • An estimated $5 million to $7.5 million project to patch the bridge deck on the elevated portion of I-10 in St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes, and I-610 in Orleans Parish.
  • An estimated $1 million to $2.5 million project to construct a roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 190 and Eden Church Road in Livingston Parish.
  • An estimated $1 million to $2.5 million project to improve lighting, construct left turn lanes and traffic signal upgrades at the intersection of La. 44 and La. 934 in Ascension Parish.
  • An estimated $1 million to $2.5 million project to repair and reconstruct sidewalks along U.S. 80 from La. 617 to La. 34 in Ouachita Parish.
  • An estimated $750 thousand to $1 million project to resurface La. 538 from La. 1 to just north of La. 530 in Caddo Parish.
  • An estimated $750 thousand to $1 million project to construct a new roadway and close the Cleveland Avenue Railroad Crossing in St. Tammany Parish.
  • An estimated $750 thousand to $1 million project to construct a new roadway that will allow the closure of a railroad crossing in St. Tammany Parish.
  • An estimated $500 thousand to $750 thousand project to resurface La. 123 from U.S. 167 to approximately one half mile east of Dry Prong Creek in Grant Parish.