HCR 68

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 68
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAYHAM, BERAULT, BILLINGS, WILFORD CARTER,
     CARVER, EGAN, FREEMAN, GLORIOSO, DANA HENRY, JACKSON, MENA,
     MURRAY, NEWELL, TAYLOR, WRIGHT, AND WYBLE
  A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to secure
  ten million dollars in funding to be provided to the Louisiana Department of
  Transportation and Development from the fiscal year 2027 Transportation, Housing,
  and Urban Development appropriations request for purposes of removing four closed
  bridges on United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish.
  WHEREAS, four bridges on United States Highway 90, constructed nearly one
hundred years ago, were closed by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and
Development in May 2022 due to structural integrity deficiencies; and
  WHEREAS, these closures resulted in the cutting off of a significant commercial,
commuter, and hurricane evacuation corridor to Mississippi for residents of and businesses
in St. Tammany, Orleans, and St. Bernard parishes; and
  WHEREAS, the removal of these unsafe structures would be the first step in the
eventual reconnection of the critical segment of United States Highway 90 linking the New
Orleans metropolitan area to the state of Mississippi and the eastern gulf coast.
  THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to facilitate the
future reconstruction of the segment of United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish
by taking such actions as are necessary to secure ten million dollars in funding to be
provided to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development from the fiscal
year 2027 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations request for
purposes of removing four closed bridges on United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany
Parish.
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HCR NO. 68  ENROLLED
       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the
United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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