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DOTD unveils $1.2 billion FY26'27 highway priority program; $913 million slated for construction
Summary
DOTD presented a $1.2 billion FY26'27 highway priority program, saying $913 million is allocated for letting/construction and highlighting reforms and one-time LTIF cash that officials said accelerated dozens of preservation projects statewide.
Pat Connick, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, convened a public hearing in Livingston Parish on DOTD's proposed FY26'27 Highway Priority Program and invited DOTD Secretary Glenn Liddett to present the plan.
"This is a $1,200,000,000 investment in infrastructure and transportation infrastructure across our state," Liddett said, stressing an emphasis on streamlining project delivery and ending decade-long delays. He told the committee the package includes $913,000,000 earmarked for projects to be let for construction in FY26'27 and $220,000,000 for preconstruction work to ready projects for later letting.
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