Speaker 1 asked the committee to consider the Parish Transportation Act priority list for 2025–2027 and, after discussion, recommended adopting the list as submitted while acknowledging cost estimates may fall once parish-produced material is available.

Committee members debated reordering some roads because of potential nearby development such as a solar farm and an active pipeline. Speaker 3 noted the list is processed sequentially but that the parish can skip to later items if earlier projects are not ready. "If there's an issue with one that's not ready...then we skip to the next," Speaker 3 said.

Speaker 1 also argued that engineer/contract cost estimates for oil‑sand roads are high and likely to be lower after local production. "I wouldn't be scared to say it would be in half," Speaker 1 said of several cost estimates, citing the parish’s own material stock and production plans.

On the related operational front, Speaker 3 reported the pug mill assembly was completed recently and outlined next steps: electrical hookup, contractor training, hopper ramp and headwall construction, and belt‑scale calibration to measure tonnage. The committee discussed delivery delays on a loader bucket and agreed to run initial production tests to establish per‑ton production costs; Speaker 3 estimated a realistic early timeline of about two months to full production.

Staffing for the pug mill was discussed at length. The parish budget includes three positions for the operation next year, but Speaker 3 said the operation can start with two operators and one foreman and expand to the third position if needed. The committee also discussed offering positions in-house first and potential internal promotions.

The committee moved to adopt the 3‑year Parish Transportation Act priority list for submission, with members asking staff to revisit cost estimates after initial pug mill production and to consider reordering roads only if projects are not ready or if development priorities change.