CHAPTER 20. ZACHARY TAYLOR PARKWAY DISTRICT

§1801. Definitions

            For purposes of this Chapter, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them by this Section, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:

            (1) "Commission" means the Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission.

            (2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

            (3) "District" means the Zachary Taylor Parkway District, which is comprised of the parishes of Avoyelles, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana.

            (4) "Parkway" means a four-lane highway traversing the Louisiana Highway 1 and Louisiana Highway 10 corridor, which shall be known as the Zachary Taylor Parkway, which shall have as its western terminus Interstate 49 in the vicinity of Alexandria, which shall cross the Pearl River in the vicinity of Bogalusa, and which shall cross the Mississippi River by way of the bridge which is planned for construction in the vicinity of St. Francisville and New Roads, and which shall have as its eastern terminus the intersection of Mississippi Highway 26 with Interstate 59 near Poplarville, Mississippi.

            (5) "Project" means:

            (a) The construction of new roadways and bridges.

            (b) The improvement or extension of existing roadways and bridges along the route described in Paragraph (4).

            Acts 1992, No. 288, §1; Acts 1993, No. 230, §1; Acts 2016, No. 290, §1.