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Council creates fee fund to manage decorative Crescent City Connection lighting
Summary
Council approved an ordinance establishing the Crescent City Connection Lighting Fund to charge entities for decorative bridge lighting requests and to use those fees to maintain the system installed for the Super Bowl.
The council approved an ordinance to establish the Crescent City Connection Lighting Fund, a fee-based mechanism to manage requests and maintenance for decorative lighting on the Crescent City Connection bridge.
Council members said the system was installed in preparation for the Super Bowl and that the city had previously accommodated requests for bridge lighting at no cost. The new ordinance creates a fee structure so third parties requesting special lighting will pay for use and maintenance of the decorative system. One council member described the proposal as a way to generate revenue to maintain the system rather than providing lighting at no cost.
The motion passed unanimously and the council directed staff to implement the fee structure for future lighting requests.
