2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries
RS 48:229 - Priority reports on current construction projects
§229. Priority reports on current construction projects
A. Each year, beginning with the fiscal year commencing in 1975, the department shall provide the legislature a program of construction to be commenced in the ensuing fiscal year, which shall be based upon the anticipated revenues to be appropriated by the legislature and listed in an order of priority of projects for each of the twelve functional classifications. The order of priorities shall be based upon the following illustrative, but not exclusive, list of factors which shall be considered:
(1) Alignment of existing roads.
(2) The width and/or elevation of the existing roadway and shoulder surfaces.
(3) The width of the rights-of-way.
(4) The cost of construction.
(5) The type and volume of traffic.
(6) The condition of structures and drainage.
(7) The accident rate.
(8) The geographical distribution of the roadways to be constructed or reconstructed.
(9) Population growth in each parish and the existing state highway transportation infrastructure to support the increase in population.
(10) Economic development potential.
(11) The safe evacuation of population when necessitated by catastrophic events such as hurricanes or flooding.
B. In fixing priorities, the department shall consider primarily the condition of the roads, streets, and structures making up the state highway system and the relative urgency of the improvements considering in their order general needs, traffic volume, accident records, technical difficulties in the preparation of plans and the procurement of rights-of-way, as well as unforeseeable emergencies such as floods. In fixing priorities, the department shall also consider and include capacity improvements in geographic areas where population has grown or traffic volume has increased and capacity improvements are necessary. In fixing priorities for bridges, the department may give higher priority to bridges with high volumes of traffic.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 334, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1028, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 654, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §16; Acts 2003, No. 741, §1; Acts 2004, No. 171, §1, eff. June 10, 2004; Acts 2013, No. 109, §1.
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