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Electoral Harbor Terminal District declines to approve letter on Calcasieu Bridge after debate over traffic and toll impacts
Summary
The board considered Submission 2023-056, a proposed letter to Louisiana DOTD stating the Calcasieu Bridge Project would not restrict port operations. Board members split over whether the letter should proceed without a traffic analysis of toll-driven diversion to I-210; the motion failed for lack of required votes.
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Electoral Harbor Terminal District on Oct. 20 declined to approve a letter to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) saying the proposed Calcasieu Bridge Project would not limit the port’s ability to operate or expand.
Board action hinged on Submission 2023-056, a draft mutual-agreement letter prepared for DOTD. Mr. Self presented the draft and told members the letter responds to a Louisiana statute that requires a port to comment when a DOTD project lies within its jurisdiction. The draft, Mr. Self said, states the project "does not limit, restrict, or prevent" the port’s ability to construct, maintain, operate, expand, or create facilities within its…
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