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Senate advances DOTD restructuring, creates new office to handle smaller state roadways
Summary
Lawmakers passed a package of House bills aimed at reorganizing the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), creating an Office of Transformation and a new Office of Louisiana Highway Construction to be run by an executive director appointed by the governor; votes on the bills were unanimous on the floor.
The Louisiana Senate on Monday passed a set of House bills that restructure parts of the Department of Transportation and Development and create a new agency tasked with management of certain state roadways.
Senator Karen Connick presented three House measures to the Senate: House Bill 528 (an organizational restructuring of DOTD to create an Office of Transformation and an Office of Project Delivery), House Bill 556 (defining the Assistant Secretary for Project Delivery), and House Bill 640 (creating the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction within the Office of the Governor and Division of Administration). Connick said the package is intended "to ensure…
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