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Transportation and
Development
- DOTD will operate a significantly reduced highway
construction program due to an anticipated decline of $96
million in available federal highway funding from the previous
fiscal year. Although the Transportation Equity Act for the
Twenty-first Century (TEA-21) federal transportation
legislation guarantees specific annual funding levels for
highways through Federal Fiscal Year 2003, the law provides
for annual adjustments to reflect actual receipts and revised
projections of available revenues.
- Act 23 of 2002, the Capital Outlay Act, provides $335
million in federal highway funds compared to $431 million in
the prior fiscal year. The amount of state trust funds
appropriated declined from $139.3 million in FY02 to $102.1
million FY03.
- The operating budget included the following $1.2 million in
State General Fund expenditures:
| Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission |
$70,855 |
| Poverty Point Lake Commission |
$100,000 |
| Amite River Basin |
$200,000 |
| Fifth Levee District |
$150,000 |
| Millennium Port |
$200,000 |
| Louisiana Airport Authority |
$451,700 |
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