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Iberia Parish votes to boost Economic Development District funding for Port of Iberia road
Summary
After an engineering presentation, the council amended EDD funding and approved an increase to support reconstruction of two industrial roads serving the Port of Iberia. The project team recommended a $5.48M ‘Option 3’; the council added $900,000 to the EDD allocation, bringing the parish contribution to $2.25M inclusive of earlier appropriations.
Craig Romero, executive director of the Port of Iberia, told the Iberia Parish EDD and council that two industrial access roads (David Bayrod Road and Cornelius Voorhees Road) require reconstruction to support heavy, oversized loads and reduce ongoing maintenance costs. Romero presented three engineering options and recommended the least-disruptive, least-cost plan — described in the packet as "Option 3" — with an estimated construction cost of $5,480,000. "This road's gonna be stronger," Romero said, describing a design target to carry 120,000-pound loads and a finished roadway 24 feet wide with paved shoulders, which he said would extend the road's…
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