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Officials propose tighter rules, P5 limits and project bundling to speed Louisiana capital outlay
Summary
State facility officials told the House Ways and Means Committee that cash‑flow reforms, limits on the priority‑5 backlog, stricter handling of dormant projects and project bundling can make the capital outlay bill more deliverable and reduce false expectations for local governments.
Roger Husser, assistant commissioner in the Division of Administration, told the House Ways and Means Committee on May 11 that the state has made “considerable progress” on capital outlay but still needs policy changes to move more projects from paper to construction. "It's more than doubled in 5 years," Husser said of FP&C's output, arguing that recent culture and process changes have raised delivery rates. Husser said the state has used staff augmentation and tighter cash‑flow management to speed projects and recommended additional steps to reduce delays.
Husser and Matt Baker, director of the Office of Facility Planning and Control, said the statutory cap on the priority‑1 cash line of credit — adjusted yearly for construction inflation — constrains how much work can proceed in a single fiscal year. "That number this year is…
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