Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Type: Organization

Name: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Hammond council OKS 2013-14 budget

HAMMOND — The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a budget with employee raises for fiscal year 2013-2014 that anticipates about $35.8 million in revenues and expenditures of approximately the same amount. The new fiscal year starts July 1.The ... [Published The Advocate - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Drainage, Jason Ball, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve..., Fiscal Year, Debt Service

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Slow down, safety director says, lives depend on it

By LT. COL. JOHN LeBLANC La. Highway Safety Commission Tri-Parish Times | 0 commentsDear Editor,You don’t need a radar speed gun to confirm that many drivers on our highways are exceeding the speed limit. All you have to do is drive at the speed limit ... [Published Tri-Parish Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, John LeBlanc, Louisiana (United States)

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

DOTD to discuss U.S. 80 improvements in Haughton

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will hold a meeting at 6 p.m., tonight to discuss improvements along U.S. Highway 79/80 in Haughton.The meeting will be held at Eastwood Baptist Church, located at 2810 U.S. Highway 80 in Haughton. ... [Published Shreveport Times - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Haughton (United States), United States, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve...

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

DOTD holds special meeting on U.S. Hwy 79/80 improvement project

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will hold a public meeting between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 18 at Eastwood Baptist Church on 2810 U.S. Hwy 80.DOTD officials will provide information and answer questions about the project ... [Published KTAL-TV - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Shreveport (United States), United States, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve...

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 17, 2013

Louisiana fishers and coastal restoration advocates expected to pack Monday meetingBy Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). June 17, 2013."Louisiana fishers and coastal restoration advocates are expected to pack a meeting in St. ... [Published Environmental Defense - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Mississippi River, Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, Hurricane Isaac, New Orleans

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

DOTD announces lane closures on US 90 for roadway sampling

LAFAYETTE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced today that on Sunday, June 23, the right lanes of U.S. 90 westbound and eastbound, between Albertson's parkway and Ambassador Caffery Parkway, will be closed ... [Published KATC 3 - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve..., Permitting, Aviation

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

DOTD Begins Multi-million Dollar Road Preservation Project in Plaquemines Parish*

Belle Chasse: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announces the start of construction on a $10.5 million road preservation project in Plaquemines Parish at La. 23 from Ravenna Road to South Orange Lane. The project will raise ... [Published Noodls - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve..., Drainage, Decompression Sickness

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

River panel sets fee for security camera video

Copies of videos from security cameras on the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge over the Mississippi River will cost the public $500 each.The Vicksburg Bridge Commission voted this week to charge the fee to turn over footage from its security cameras when formally ... [Published Lexington Dispatch - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Security, Mississippi River, Robert Moss, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve...

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Deadline Looms For CCC Toll Refunds

Friday is the deadline to get a refund on your Crescent City Connection toll tag. Until the deadline passes, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will be handling the refunds. You can collect by simply going to the bridge’s office ... [Published WGNO - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Deadline, City Connection, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve...

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Taking care of business

Ruston City Council passes resolutionsT. Scott BoatrightRuston’s City Council considered resolutions leading to improvements at the Ruston Regional Airport and the Central Fire Station during last week’s monthly meeting at City Hall.Aldermen passed a ... [Published Ruston Daily Leader - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve...

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

DOTD studying La. 70 detour near Assumption Parish Sinkhole

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that a feasibility study has been initiated to identify a possible detour route for La. 70 in Assumption Parish and help to identify the cost. The detour route ... [Published KATC 3 - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Sinkhole, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve..., Baton Rouge (United States), Environment, Aviation

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Bridge repair taking longer than expected

Topics: bridge, out, woodlake drive, dotd, utility, white oak landingBATON ROUGE- People want answers after a bridge in their neighborhood has been closed for more than a year without the repairs they were promised.According to the Louisiana Department ... [Published WBRZ-TV - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve..., Baton Rouge (United States), Subdivision

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"NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers says it has completed all permanent structures in a $3 billion system of levees and floodwalls around the west BankBank of New Orleans and Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes…" ( Read more )

Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 17, 2013 [Published Environmental Defense - Jun 17 2013]

...23 connects to the primary evacuation route [US 90] and is a vital corridor to several industry partners," said DOTD Secretary Sherri H LeBas. "For residents and our nation's vital oil industry this project will assist in bringing the roadway online sooner following a high water event and will also benefit transportation and coal facilities along the river. Instead of a two to three week closure, completion of this project could reduce that time to two to three days."

DOTD Begins Multi-million Dollar Road Preservation Project in Plaquemines Parish* [Published Noodls - Jun 17 2013]

The amount was chosen arbitrarily "to make it enough to where only somebody that needed it would ask for it" commission chairman Robert Moss said

River panel sets fee for security camera video [Published Lexington Dispatch - Jun 14 2013]

"I calculated our fuel cost. It has increased over 50 percent, just since they did this. This has been for a year, which was about an extra thousand dollars per year" said Cindy Morris

Bridge repair taking longer than expected [Published WBRZ-TV - Jun 12 2013]

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DOTD Begins Multi-million Dollar Road Preservat... [Published Noodls - Jun 17 2013]
River panel sets fee for security camera video [Published Lexington Dispatch - Jun 14 2013]
Deadline Looms For CCC Toll Refunds [Published WGNO - Jun 14 2013]
DOTD to transfer remaining CCC toll tag funds t... [Published Bayou Buzz - Jun 14 2013]
Study to find detour for La. 70 near sinkhole [Published StMaryNow.com - Jun 13 2013]
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Denham Springs plans to widen stretch of River ... [Published The Advocate - Jun 12 2013]
Bridge repair taking longer than expected [Published WBRZ-TV - Jun 12 2013]
DOTD: Canal Street Ferry closed for boat repairs [Published WDSU New Orleans - Jun 11 2013]
State program gives needed attention to aging r... [Published KNOE TV8 - Jun 10 2013]
Ask The Advocate: Woodlake Drive bridge [Published The Advocate - Jun 10 2013]
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Burning vehicle blocks right lanes of I-10 West... [Published WWL-TV - Jun 08 2013]
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