Baton Rouge, LA - Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) is raising the profile of South Louisiana transportation, flood protection and other infrastructure priorities this week as he hosts Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, for a multi-day survey of the Bayou State. To kick things off, the congressmen hosted a… Read more »
Baton Rouge, La – Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales will receive a $1.176 million federal grant to help pay for runway improvements at the facility. "I am excited to join the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority in announcing this new… Read more »
Baton Rouge, La (LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) – Congressman Garret Graves has announced that the Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales will receive a $1.176 million federal grant to help pay for runway improvements at the facility. "I am excited to join the Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority in announcing this new federal funding, which will enhance Louisiana… Read more »
A new federal grant will help the Bayou Cane Fire Protection District hire additional firefighters, officials said.The 54-member department recently received a $278,027 federal grant through the Department of Homeland Security's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, also known as the SAFER Program.The initiative is designed to enhance the nation's ability to respond to fire… Read more »
Baton Rouge, LA – Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today issued the following statement after the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pecue Lane/I-10 Interchange Phase II Project. "This is another legacy infrastructure project that's coming off our ‘To Do' list. Like the Comite project, East Baton… Read more »
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome on Friday announced the start of a new phase of the $55 million Pecue Lane project, which will include an interchange on heavily-traveled Interstate 10 aimed at easing daily traffic backups."The entire corridor has to be improved," Edwards said during a gathering on Pecue Lane near I-10 in south Baton Rouge.A total of 92,000… Read more »
Louisiana is poised to land an unexpected $76 million from the Federal Highway Administration, provided the state can obligate the funds—essentially, send the FHA a list of projects on which the money will be spent—by Sept. 26.The money is coming from unspent highway funds originally allocated to other states that, for one reason or another, were unable to spend it this year,… Read more »
Since the Comite Diversion Canal has been 40 years coming, a last-minute snarl from Kansas City Southern Railway is frustrating the public. The newest dispute involves maintenance of a new and higher railroad bridge over the canal.The railroad is quarreling with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over how much the government will pay to maintain the structure.Given that this project has… Read more »
House Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) will be awarded a $7 million federal grant through the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Today's funding announcement is in addition to the $15 million grant award that Graves secured earlier this year –… Read more »
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Fortunately, Hurricane Barry did not deliver the punch it initially threatened, but that didn't keep many in Livingston Parish from worrying about the wall along I-12. Improved designs in the wall barricade are now part of a federal law. "A picture says a thousand words," said Congressman Garret Graves. "That wall held back several feet of water in… Read more »
