0:01 → 1:05(1m 3s)
The Joint Transportation, Highway and Public Works Committee met Nov. 5, 2025, to consider multiple requests to use the CMAR ("Seymour") procurement process for public projects, receive updates on infrastructure appropriations and bridge bundling, and hear extended public testimony and administration updates about tolling and operations at the Belle Chasse (Plaquemines) bridge. Lawmakers approved several uses of the Seymour delivery method for municipal and school projects and were given status reports on LTIF funding and the Mississippi River bridge environmental assessment. A lengthy public record session focused on tolls and reported local economic harm in Plaquemines Parish; the administration said the tolls are suspended while a dispute resolution process proceeds.
