PART IV. INTERSTATE FLOODING MITIGATION
§481. Comprehensive engineering comparative analysis of flood mitigation methods;
Livingston Parish
A. The department shall develop a comparable cost analysis of engineering methods
to improve water drainage issues resulting from impediments to the natural water flow on
the Interstate 12 corridor in Livingston Parish along existing median walls which may
additionally or alternatively include potential engineering solutions as well as retrofitting the
existing median walls to improve the natural water flow along the Interstate 12 corridor.
B. The comparable analysis of potential engineering solutions shall include the
following:
(1) Practical and cost-effective engineering methods and potential solutions used by
other states including but not limited to Texas.
(2) Projected costs associated with the potential solutions.
(3) Projected construction timelines for the potential solutions of the methods used.
C. The department shall provide a report of the comparative analysis of potential
solutions including those used by other states and methods necessary for implementation to
the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate
Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, not later than October 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, No. 449, §1, eff. June 29, 2023.