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Iberia Parish president outlines road-tax spending plan, schedules engineering review with council
Summary
The parish president said the roads tax passed April 27 has been bonded and funds are available; administration will host a multi-firm engineering review with council members to prioritize overlays and discuss right‑of‑way issues.
Parish officials told the council on Jan. 29 they have begun the process of spending proceeds from a voter‑approved roads tax and will convene three engineering firms for a daylong review to help prioritize projects and address right‑of‑way choices.
The parish president said the first tax disbursements arrived in September and October and bonding work was completed in December. Administration plans to bring three engineering firms to a single meeting so council members can see road assessments and weigh competing priorities — for example, whether to overlay narrow 14‑foot roads as‑is or pursue additional right‑of‑way to widen them.
Why it matters: Council members face decisions about project sequencing, whether to proceed with overlays or pursue time‑consuming right‑of‑way acquisitions, and how to manage community expectations after a long interval without large‑scale parish road projects.
Council action: Officials will schedule the engineering firms’ meeting in the coming weeks and ask council members to review road assessments ahead of that meeting. No vote was required at the Jan. 29 session.
