Submitted by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A series of Public Hearings will be held in accordance with LA R.S. 48:231 and conducted by the Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee. Below is a list of the times and places where the hearings will be held. The purpose of the hearings is to review highway construction priorities for the state fiscal year 2025-2026. A copy of the Preliminary Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 will be available for review on October 4, 2024, by interested persons at the LADOTD Headquarters Building, 1201 Capitol Access Road, Room 200M, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 or online at
All interested persons are invited for the purpose of becoming fully acquainted with the proposed program and will be afforded an opportunity to express their views in person. Oral testimony may be supplemented by presenting important facts and documentation in writing. Comments may also be provided at the link above. All interested parties will be able to listen to the meeting virtually. The information to participate virtually will be posted at the link above. Written statements and comments can be handed to the committee conducting the hearing or mailed to the following address, postmarked within 45 calendar days following the final hearing:
Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee
C/O LA DOTD (Section 85)
P.O. Box 94245
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9245
Should anyone requiring special assistance due to a disability wish to participate in this public hearing, please contact LADOTD (Attn: Ms. Mary Elliott) by mail at the address above or by telephone at (225) 379-1218 at least five days prior to the date of the public hearing.
LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS
FOR THE HIGHWAY PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM (2025-2026)
October 15, 2024; 10:00 am at Franklin Media Center, 7293 Prairie Rd, Winnsboro (District 58: Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle, Tensas)
October 15, 2024; 2:00 pm at Monroe Civic Center , Bayou Room, 401 Lea Joyner Expressway, Monroe (District 05: E. Carroll, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Union, W. Carroll)
October 16, 2024; 8:30 am at Bossier Civic Center, Bodcau Room, 620 Benton Rd, Bossier City (District 04: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Desoto, Red River, Webster)
October 16, 2024; 2:30 pm at Pineville City Hall, Council Meeting Room, 910 Main Street, Pineville (District 08: Avoyelles, Grant, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon, Winn)
October 17, 2024; 9:00 am at Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, Council Chambers, 1015 Pithon St, Lake Charles (District 07: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis)
October 17, 2024; 1:30 pm at Lafayette Consolidated Government, City Hall Council Chambers Auditorium, 705 W University Ave, Lafayette (District 03: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion)
October 22, 2024; 9:30 am at NO Regional Transportation Mgmt. Ctr., Conference Room A/B, 10 Veterans Blvd, New Orleans (District 02: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, Terrebonne)
October 22, 2024; 2:30 pm at Tangipahoa Council Office Chambers, 206 East Mulberry St, Amite (District 62: Livingston, St. Helena, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington)
October 23, 2024; 9:00 am at State Capitol Basement, House Committee Room 6, Baton Rouge (District 61: Ascension, Assumption, E. Baton Rouge, E. Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. James, W. Baton Rouge, W. Feliciana)