SLS 12RS-552 ENGROSSED

Regular Session, 2012

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8

BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB

ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Requests DOTD to study improving operational safety of exit from I-10 to East Washingon Street in Baton Rouge.

1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

2 To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study improving

3 the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East Washington Street in

4 Baton Rouge.

5 WHEREAS, past studies have considered a solution to improve safety for vehicles

6 traveling south on Interstate 110 through its junction with Interstate 10 to exit Interstate 10

7 at the East Washington Street exit in Baton Rouge; and

8 WHEREAS, following a 1995 study, the department modified the stripping and

9 signage of the Interstate 10/Interstate 110 interchange; and

10 WHEREAS, since 1995, traffic volumes in this area have increased and such

11 increased traffic impacts the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East

12 Washington Street in Baton Rouge; and

13 WHEREAS, vehicles traveling south on Interstate 110 through its junction with

14 Interstate 10 must cross the only lane of Interstate 10 for east bound traffic and compete with

15 a line of large trucks exiting the Horace Wilkinson Bridge to exit Interstate 10 at the East

16 Washington Street exit.

17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby

18 urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study improving

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1 the operational safety of the East Washington Street exit from Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge,

2 and to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate and House committees on

3 transportation, highways, and public works, not later than sixty days prior to the beginning

4 of the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature.

5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the

6 secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.

The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.

DIGEST Dorsey-Colomb SCR No. 8

Requests DOTD to study improving the operational safety of the exit from Interstate 10 to East Washington Street in Baton Rouge.

Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate

Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works to the original bill

1. Changes resolution from "direct" to "urge and request"

2. Changes resolution to request DOTD study improving the operational safety of exit from I-10 to East Washington Street in Baton Rouge

3. Requires DOTD to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate and House committees on transportation, highways, and public works, not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature

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