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State capital outlay figures: Livingston Parish staff tallies $23.2M in priority funding; Hooper Road extension and roundabouts highlighted
Summary
Committee reviewed the state capital outlay (House Bill 2) items relevant to Livingston Parish. Staff reported roughly $23.2 million in priority 1/2 guaranteed funding and about $157 million listed as priority 5 (wish list). Major items discussed included the Hooper Road extension, several roundabouts, and airport and sheriff training center funding.
The Livingston Parish committee spent a substantial portion of its Dec. 1 meeting reviewing state capital outlay items and what they mean locally. A committee member who reviewed the 162-page bill said he isolated items that apply to Livingston Parish and calculated roughly $23.2 million in priority 1 and 2 guaranteed funding and about $157 million in priority 5 wish-list funding for parish projects.
The capital outlay bill (referred to in the meeting as House Bill 2) covers a broad set of programs statewide; committee members emphasized the difference between priority 1 and 2 dollars, which are typically guaranteed or near-term allocations, and priority 5 items, which represent what projects would need to be completed but are not guaranteed. "Priority 5 is a wish list… it's…
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