DOTD outlines $1.12 billion highway priority program, emphasizes preservation and data-driven selection
At an Oct. 23 Senate Transportation hearing in Baton Rouge, DOTD highway program engineer Mary Elliott said Louisiana’s FY2025–26 Highway Priority Program is estimated at about $1.12 billion, with roughly 84% allocated to preservation, operations, safety and capacity. She described a decentralized, data-plus-stakeholder selection process and cited Revised Statute Title 48 §229.1 as governing priorities.
The full story
Mary Elliott, DOTD’s highway program engineer, told the Senate Transportation Committee on Oct. 23 that Louisiana’s proposed Highway Priority Program for state fiscal year 2025–26 is about $1,120,000,000 and will be guided by preservation, operations, safety, capacity and local public-assistance goals. The presentation outlined how DOTD balances technical metrics and stakeholder input when choosing projects.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.