“This bridge is 70 years old,” Edwards said. John Bel Edwards said the mega grant - the largest ever received by the state of Louisiana - is designed to benefit major infrastructure projects that will have far-reaching economic impact throughout the region.
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“This was the third-largest mega grant application and because of the timing and the urgency to have a bridge we believe that the model that we pursued in terms of the public-private partnership and the $800 million that we have plus the $40 million a year will give us more that what we need to maximize the ability to keep tolls low on the project.” He said there is also $800 million in public funding available from the state of Louisiana to add to the federal contributions as well as $40 million gathered from the Vehicle Sale Tax per year, which will be bonded out over time. “This could save them an estimated $100-$140 million, which is going to reduce the overall cost of this project,” Wilson said. Department of Transportation has approved up to $1.5 billion in private activity bonds toward the bridge’s replacement, which allows for low-interest borrowing for the developers who will be chosen to work on the project. Wilson said along with the $150 million mega grant, the U.S. “We had no procurement under way and today we have marked success where we see a light - and a bridge - at the end of that proverbial tunnel.” “In 2016, when this governor took over, we had zero dollars and a 20-plus-year environmental process,” Wilson said. It projected to have 457 fewer crashes because of its wider, less-steep design. Our generational moment of investment in America’s transportation infrastructure has to mean a generational investment here in Southwest Louisiana.”īuttigieg said that over the lifespan of the new bridge it is estimated that people will save more than 115 million hours in travel time. Cooperation between different political parties and levels of government does. “Talk doesn’t build bridges funding does.
“If words could build bridges, we would gotten this done a long time ago,” Buttigieg said. “It was built to handle far fewer than the 80,000 daily crossings that are happening and because of the way I-10 narrows from six lanes to four - and a steep four lanes at that - it creates a lot of delays and contributes to a crash rate that’s about 66 percent higher than what is typical in this state. “This bridge, as important as it is, is still relying on construction from just after World War II - structurally and functionally deficient today,” he said. “We’re not just building roads and bridges, we’re building livelihoods, we’re building family savings, we’re building those pathways into the middle class that are so important,” Buttigieg said.īuttigieg said anyone paying attention to American infrastructure knows how important the bridge is not only to jobs, waterfront attractions and the quality of life in Southwest Louisiana but also to a supply chain that impacts the entire country. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in Lake Charles Thursday to celebrate the recently announced $150 million federal grant for the replacement of the Interstate 10-Calcasieu River Bridge - one of the first major grants out of the five-year Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that is helping to rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges. Why is the bridge going to be 5.Then-Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson said the estimated $1.5 billion bridge replacement project will extend from the I-10/Interstate 210 west interchange to east of the Ryan Street exit ramp.
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The new bridge will be lower and therefore not as steep, have more lanes, full shoulders and roadway lighting. Sampson Street will be elevated over the railroad tracks to eliminate blockages from trains.Construction could start as early as 2024 and is anticipated to last approximately seven years. The project is a 5.5-mile corridor going from near Ryan Street in Lake Charles to the I-210 and I-10 interchange on the west side of Lake Charles.In addition to a new bridge and approaches, the project includes the interstate roadways and ramps, the I-10 service roads, and interchanges at PPG Drive, Sampson Street, and North Lakeshore/Ryan Street that connect the interstate to state roads and local streets. John Bel Edwards and LADOTD Secretary Eric Kalivoda give us more details today on the bridge project:
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