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 »
An $8.8 million project aimed at easing traffic problems near the Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge may be finished next month.The state is opening a new, Terrace Avenue exit off Interstate 110 South.Work began last August and was supposed to be finished this month. "They are a little behind," said Shawn Wilson, secretary for the state Department of Transportation and Development."I… Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (LA-06), members of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, introduced the Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act, legislation to help reduce and better manage the serious maintenance backlog for Coast Guard shore infrastructure. A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found… Read more »
While several state lawmakers lobby the Legislature for infrastructure funding to build a new Mississippi River bridge, among other transportation projects, efforts are also underway on the federal level that U.S. Rep. Garret Graves hopes will help support a new bridge. Much of the national focus has been on talk of a massive $2 trillion federal infrastructure plan, which basically fell… Read more »
Click here to watch videoBaton Rouge, La (Local33)(Fox44) - The Baton Rouge Metro Airport has been awarded a $15 million dollar grant for airport improvements by the Federal Aviation Administration. Congressman Garret Graves announced the nearly $50 million total project received partial funding through the FAA's airport improvement program. Majority of the money will go towards shifting… Read more »
Baton Rouge Metro Airport has been awarded a $15 million Federal Aviation Administration grant that will be used to relocate a portion of Plank Road in order to better utilize an airport runway.U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, announced that the nearly $50 million total project received partial funding through the FAA's Airport Improvement Program. He called the grant, the… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) will be awarded a $15 million federal grant through the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) – the second largest AIP grant awarded nationwide."This is a big win for travelers in the Capital Region, for BTR and for South Louisiana," said… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the Ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans will receive a $3.1 million federal America's Marine Highway projects grant to support a program to put shipping containers on barges rather than our congested roadways. The ports' Container on Barge Service between the Louisiana ports will be awarded the largest of such grants… Read more »
