Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
October 21, 2020
9:00 a.m.
Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised October 20, 2020, 5:17 pm *
Revision Notes:
ADDED HB 73
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
October 7, 2020
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SR23
HARRIS
TRAFFIC
- Requests the Lakefront Management Authority to keep the westbound lanes of traffic open on Lakeshore Drive to vehicular traffic and to allow two-way traffic between the Senator Ted Hickey Bridge and Franklin Avenue on weekends.
HCR22
TRAVIS JOHNSON
TRANSPORTATION
- Urges and requests the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, office of tourism, to study the feasibility of creating a bike and walking trail along the Mississippi River in Northeast Louisiana
HB73
JONES
DISTRICTS/DOWNTOWN DEVEL
- Provides relative to the use of tax increment financing by the Downtown Economic Development District for the City of Monroe (Item #66) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT
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