Louisiana Rep. Congressman Garret Graves was one of the few members of Congress who met with President Biden and Vice President Harris on Monday, April 12, to discuss the country’s infrastructure.
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BATON ROUGE – A resolution approved Monday at the State Capitol asks Congress to funnel money from proposed federal infrastructure legislation for construction of a Mississippi River bridge to begin by 2029.
Members of the multi-parish Capitol Area Road and Bridge District request Gov. John Bel Edwards and state lawmakers appropriate and direct the allocation of the funds for the planning, specifications and full funding to bring to fruition the long-desired plans for a bridge that would connect La. 1 along the Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes with La. 30 along the St. Gabriel/Baton Rouge corridor.
The proposed project carries an estimated $1 billion price tag.
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Morganza-to-the-Gulf gets $12M in New Start Construction funding January 20, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
Congressman Garret Graves and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise announced yesterday that the Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection project will receive $12.46 million in New Start Construction funding from USACE.
The funding will increase flood protection and further protect economic activity in South Louisiana.
“This marks the first time the federal government has appropriated funds through a Corps of Engineers work plan toward this critically important project. To date, state and local governments have invested more than $600M toward this levee system,” said CPRA Chairman
Chip Kline.
“Over the past three years, CPRA, along with local levee districts, led the effort to reduce the overall cost of the project by several billion dollars while still providing the same level of protection for Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes