State officials announced Monday they have let a $46 million road project in St. Tammany Parish for the first segment of work voters approved 32 years ago.<\/p>\n
The construction, in three phases, will erect a four-lane highway between La. 40\/41 in Bush and Interstate 12.<\/p>\n
The project was one of 16 voters approved in 1989 that were supposed to be paid for with a four-cent per gallon hike in the state gas tax.<\/p>\n
Financial problems have kept this and one other project voters approved from being completed.<\/p>\n
The list is known as TIMED, which stands for Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development.<\/p>\n
The winning bidder for the first phase is Brown Industrial Construction, LLC.<\/p>\n
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It will consist of a four-lane highway between La. 40\/41 and La. 435 in St. Tammany Parish.<\/p>\n
The second section, set to be let later this year, and the third segment, set to be let in 2023, is fully funded.<\/p>\n
\"To finally move this long-awaited project is a momentous occasion for the people of St. Tammany Parish,\" Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Shawn Wilson, secretary for the state Department of Transportation and Development, said the new corridor will provide better access between I-12 and the northeastern section of Louisiana and offer another hurricane evacuation route from New Orleans and the Northshore.<\/p>\n
When the work is set to be done is unclear.<\/p>\n
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