Video & Transcript Research : 'Belle Chasse Bridge'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 27th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was the first one in the state to build a bridge.
  • That bridge was completed in 2025, and that bridge presented tolling done by a private company.
  • People have to cross this bridge to go to school.
  • The bridge is not finished. The bridge is not finished. It's sinking. The approaches are sinking.
  • We just built a bridge in Covington. Beautiful bridge.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 27th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It establishes the Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund and provides for use of the monies in
  • It attempts to establish the Belle Chasse Bridge merit-based fund.
  • Two of those projects were the Belle Chasse Bridge replacement and a new access bridge at Peters Road
  • Chasse Bridge, too.
  • bridge, on the Jefferson Parish side and the Belle Chasse side.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 14th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chasse Toll Bridge project in relation to active or other future public-private partnerships.
  • As you all may recall, tolling on the Belle Chasse Bridge began in 2025, and toll-related complaints
  • Chasse Toll Bridge project in relation to upcoming P3 projects.
  • Chasse Toll Bridge project in relation to upcoming P3 projects.
  • Chasse toll bridge, so we can apply those best practices and lessons learned in the future as we consider
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 28th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chasse toll bridge project in relation to active or future public-private partnership projects.
  • Chasse toll bridge project in relation to active or future public-private partnership projects.
  • Chasse Bridge down in Plaquemines Parish, and particularly the toll bridge, which is a private-public
  • Chasse toll bridge project in relation to active or future public-private partnership projects.
  • Chasse Bridge down in Plaquemines Parish, and particularly the toll bridge, which is a public-private
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-30

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then in 1899, the bridge was constructed by the Hewitt Bridge Company and became one of Minnesota's first
  • three-span steel truss bridges.
  • Representative Scott, yes, this bridge.
  • There was a picture of ATVs on the bridge.
  • As you know, bridges are, you know, whether it's good, bad, or indifferent, when you stand on this bridge
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/30/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • by the Huert Bridge Company and became one of Minnesota's first three-span steel truss bridges and it
  • by the Huert Bridge Company and became one of Minnesota's first three-span steel truss bridges and it
  • by the Huert Bridge Company and became one of Minnesota's first three-span steel truss bridges and it
  • The bridge was a wagon crossing, and then in 1899 the bridge was constructed by the Huert Bridge Company
  • Um, this bridge—I was trail administrator for this area—and this bridge connects the trail system from
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 21st, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • It wouldn't be a session without me doing a bill on the Belle Chasse tolls.
  • So, Belle Chasse to Golden Meadow is almost a two-hour drive one way, right?
  • Well, in Belle Chasse, you may have a significant number of baby boomers.
  • The P3 in Belle Chasse was approved in 2019, and the contract wasn't actually...
  • The P3 in Belle Chasse was approved in 2019, and the contract wasn't actually signed until 2021.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on April 21 and considered a series of transportation, licensing, tolling, and public safety measures. It reported favorably House Bill 745, extending special permits for tandem loads hauling containers to and from port facilities; House Bill 1000, a DOTD cleanup bill that clarifies Highway Priority Program reporting and raises the letter-bid contract threshold from $1 million to $3 million; and House Bill 1050, which clarifies commercial driver’s license rules, including age and intrastate/interstate driving limits. The committee also approved House Bill 1172 naming a portion of U.S. Highway 165 in Oberlin the Coulin Brooks Manuel Memorial Highway, House Bill 1218 naming a portion of Louisiana Highway 1090 the Lewis Pat Miramon Memorial Highway, House Concurrent Resolution 32 urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge, and House Bill 1207 on public contracting standards and competition in public bidding. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 896, which responds to tolling issues at the Belle Chasse bridge project. The bill would require toll signage, local toll customer service centers, dispute procedures, and limits on administrative fees, with amendments addressing effective dates, in-person assistance, appeal deadlines, law-enforcement exemptions, and limits on certain charges. The author and witnesses described high administrative fees, long travel distances to customer service locations, and problems with toll bills, while committee members noted the issue was complex and ongoing. The committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also heard House Bill 1159, allowing Jefferson Parish municipalities to use automated speed enforcement devices again under local control. Supporters from Gretna, Westwego, Harahan, and Kenner said photo enforcement reduced crashes, improved safety, and helped limited police resources, while opponents were not emphasized in the transcript. After discussion about whether the measure should be voluntarily or involuntarily deferred, the committee ultimately deferred the bill. House Bill 493, which would prohibit expropriation by the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District in East Feliciana and St. Helena Parishes, drew extensive testimony about reservoir fears and local opposition; the committee voluntarily deferred it. House Bill 679, as substituted, created a driver’s license designation for people with brain injuries and required related law-enforcement training; witnesses described personal experiences with brain injury and the need for officers to recognize communication and behavioral effects, and the committee reported the substitute favorably. House Bill 1173, which waives late fees for certain reinstatement-relief payment plans for driver’s licenses, was also reported favorably, and House Bill 1024 creating a Louisiana Democratic Party prestige plate was approved as well.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation May 7th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • As this committee knows, especially from different testimony over the summer, Belle Chasse was the subject
  • Chasse.
  • Chasse.
  • Because we’ve learned that what happened in Belle Chasse is that the private company did not take their
  • So if you live in Boothville or Venice, it takes you an hour and 15 minutes to get to Belle Chasse.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Works met with five members present and approved the April 29, 2026 minutes. The committee then heard and favorably reported several bills, including HB 1233, which lowers the contract threshold for hospital service districts to use the Seymours program for certain hospital construction projects, and HB 715, which requires aerial applicators operating from public airports to have a transponder and radio; an amendment removing language about airport use of ADS-B data for fees was adopted after sponsors said the issue would be handled in another bill. HB 999 was reported favorably to allow impoundment of out-of-state vehicles operated in Louisiana without liability insurance, and HB 692 was amended to let parishes and municipalities use group purchasing organizations, with a narrowing amendment limiting one-source procurements and assurances that local bidders would not be disadvantaged. The committee also advanced HB 511, creating a grant program for pursuit intervention technology in response to officer safety concerns, and HB 590, which would let OMV issue specialized envelopes or notices for drivers with autism or other disabilities so officers are alerted during traffic stops. HB 503 was reported favorably after a local cleanup change to a golf cart bill for Golden Meadow, and HB 655 was approved to let DOTD use cost-plus contracts for operation and maintenance of state-owned ferries. HB 748 clarified that school board-owned or leased vehicles are exempt from tolls, and HB 860 would allow fillable electronic bids for local government procurement. Later, the committee approved HB 896, a major tolling-related cleanup bill for Plaquemines Parish that addresses customer service center access, administrative fees, and exemptions, with members and local officials criticizing the toll structure and its impact on the parish. HB 1000 was reported favorably as a cleanup measure tied to highway priority program reporting and local district contract limits. HB 887 established a more consistent scoring and ranking process for Seymour projects, with an amendment to avoid conflict with changing FAA grant rules. HB 888, a cleanup bill on temporary tags, was amended with added security features and then reported favorably. HB 1086, a broad electronic title and registration modernization bill, received a lengthy amendment set but was voluntarily held over for a week so members could review the new language. The committee also advanced HB 776 to expand the Port Priority Program to larger projects, with amendments clarifying flexibility and removing private projects from the bill. HB 707 was reported favorably to let the Department of Agriculture and Forestry handle promotional activities for the liquefied petroleum gas commission through a cooperative endeavor agreement. HB 868, a farm safety bill requiring safety chains or other manufacturer-specified equipment on trailers, was reported favorably after testimony about a fatal accident and assurances it would not change engineering standards beyond existing manufacturer requirements. Finally, HB 856 was amended to authorize indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting for DOTD maintenance and construction work, then reported favorably, and the committee later corrected the record on HB 856 by reconsidering and withdrawing one technical amendment set so further floor cleanup could be made. The meeting adjourned without objection.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • but just if you would work with the director and see if we can figure out a way that this does not bridge
  • Senate Bill 1970 just designates a bridge in the south of Pawnee for Private Earl Magert and Memorial
  • This is the dedication of the Arleranzelrancishetzel Memorial Bridge.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • There were 45 bridges that complete. There were 45 bridges that were<00:04:25.040> funded.
  • And whenever the on bridges.
  • of this bridge for 30 years." of this bridge for 30 years."
  • community access bridge. community access bridge.
  • Yes, isolated community access bridge. Yes, isolated community access bridge.
Summary: The committee met for the first interim meeting of the 2025 Budget Review Committee on Transportation and heard from Bobby Jo Lewis, commissioner of Rural and Municipal Aid at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. She reviewed the new County City Bridge Improvement Program, created in the 2024 regular session, reporting that phases one and two are complete, 45 bridges have been funded so far, and about $18.45 million has been authorized. She said roughly $6.549 million remains for phase three in the current fiscal year, with about $26.445 million in bridge applications still pending. For fiscal year 2026, the program will again have $25 million and will use four application phases. She also described a training resource, Local Bridges 101, and said a new executive advisor, Greg Meredith, has been brought in to help with the bridge program. Members asked how rollover applications would be handled, whether they would be re-evaluated with new applications, how the program would account for bridge longevity and load posting, and how isolated communities would be prioritized. Lewis said applicants not funded in FY25 would be contacted and could choose to roll their applications into FY26, and all applications would be evaluated together at the end of each phase. She said preservation projects are assessed for how much they extend a bridge’s life, and isolated community access bridges or closed bridges with no detour access receive priority. She also said the department aims for equitable distribution across regions and plans to produce a map showing where funds have been awarded. Lewis then turned to the County Priority Projects Program and the Local Assistance Road Program established in House Bill 546 and related resolutions. She said the application cycle opened June 1 and closes October 1, with 106 memoranda of agreement being prepared for awards in House Joint Resolution 46. She described updated application and reporting forms, a scoring matrix, and a County City Pavement Evaluation Manual used to rate projects based on preservation of assets, average daily traffic, recent improvements, safety, cost, and district priority. She said projects must be rehabilitation projects designed to restore the original condition of the road, cannot exceed $500,000, and must use local match percentages tied to the economic development grant program formula. She also reported on funding status for prior road projects, including completed, partially completed, pending, and underrun amounts that may be reauthorized. Committee members asked about photo documentation, online access to project materials, how to measure whether projects truly restore roads to original condition, and what happens when project costs exceed estimates. Lewis said the department is still working on how best to store and share the large volume of photos, and that projects are certified through district offices and local sign-off after completion. She said overages are the responsibility of the applicant because the state does not have additional money beyond the awarded amount. No formal votes were taken during the discussion.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 11th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this is looking to rename the interchange over I-35 that bridge Indian Hills Ridge.
  • So, you're talking about the bridge that's like That's got the lights on it.
  • I was walking in, so apologize, but it Is you know the bridge there that's by heyday andy Elligott, where
  • That is the bridge that we're talking about, that crosses the I-35, kind of close to Mr.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee's substitute of SCR 25 urges the city Council to construct a pedestrian bridge over the
  • The committee substitute clarifies that the pedestrian bridge will be named after Senator West. which
  • I am, I know we had the harbor bridge.
  • involving a train on off-system roadways at location where this where there is an overpass or pedestrian bridge
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Claude Avenue Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • This simply asks for a much-needed repair to an aging bridge in my district. Move to concur.
  • I should have a bell with them. That's the one we're turning. Yeah, that's one we want to recommit.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 7th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Broussard is an act in Titles 47 and 48, relative to special treasury funds to establish the Belle
  • Chasse Bridge and Belle Chasse special fund.
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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • or the F International Bridge.
  • But there is a far bridge that has the most significant traffic south and north, and the way the bridges
  • So what they did previously is go to the next open bridge.
  • Bridge, Veterans International Bridge, and the Free Trade International Bridge.
  • House Bill 5218 simply seeks to bring parity to all three bridges for the Gateway and Veterans Bridge