Annual public ‘Road Show’ set for Capital Region (District 61)
Thursday, November 05, 2020 at 8:48:29 AM

Annual public ‘Road Show’ set for Capital Region (District 61)


BATON ROUGE
– The Joint Transportation, Highway, & Public Works Committee will conduct a legislative public hearing on Friday, November 13, 2020 at 9 a.m. for the Capital Region (Ascension, Assumption, E. Baton Rouge, E. Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. James, W. Baton Rouge, and W. Feliciana Parishes).

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the public hearings – commonly referred to as the annual DOTD ‘Road Show’ - will be conducted virtually through Zoom. The purpose of the hearing is to review highway construction priorities for the fiscal year 2021-2022.
Information to join the Zoom meeting will be posted at the below link prior to the date of the public hearing:

http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Multimodal/Transportation_Planning/Highway_Priority/Pages/default.aspx

Each DOTD District will be hosting its own virtual Road Show to allow legislators, other elected officials, DOTD representatives and the general public to discuss and obtain information about construction projects in the preliminary FY 21-22 Highway Priority Program and how those projects will affect each area of the state.

All those interested are invited to join the virtual Road Show, and will be afforded the 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 45 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


To find out more information about construction projects for District 08 in the preliminary FY 21-22 Highway Priority Program, click here.