ENROLLEDHCAHCR69 4877 4525 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendmentsproposedbyHouseCommitteeonTransportation,HighwaysandPublicWorks CONCURRENTto RESOLUTIONOriginal NO.House Concurrent Resolution No.

69 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative WILDER,Wilder BAYHAM,AMENDMENT BERAULT,NO. BOURRIAQUE, BOYER, CARVER, CHASSION, COATES, DICKERSON, EGAN, GLORIOSO, TERRY LANDRY, MACK, MURRAY, SAWYER, SCHAMERHORN, TAYLOR, WALTERS, WRIGHT, AND WYBLE AND SENATOR WHEAT A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to implement improvementsto Interstate12(I-12)in Livingston Parish,East Baton Rouge Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, and St.

Tammany1 Parish.On page 2, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

WHEREAS,I-12spansapproximatelyeighty-sixmilesinthestateofLouisiana;and"WHEREAS,recentlitigationconcerningI-12hasdemonstratedthatcertain WHEREAS,medianbarrierandroadwaydesignsmayhaveimpedednaturaldrainagepatternsand approximatelycontributed seventyto thousandincreased vehiclesflood perrisk dayand traveldamages onto I-12adjacent inproperties theduringmajor statestorm makingevents; it a vital corridor in Louisiana;

and WHEREAS, I-12 serves as a majorcritical hurricane evacuation route,economicand emergency response corridor, and primaryimproving interstateits fordrainage theperformance state;and flood resilience presents an opportunity to enhance both public safety and infrastructure reliability during extreme weather events;

andand" WHEREAS,AMENDMENT thereisNO. constantandsignificantcongestion andelevatedcrashrateson I-12;

and2 WHEREAS,On severalpage serious2, andbetween fatallines crashes10 haveand occurred11, oninsert I-12 over the pastfollowing: year;

"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and WHEREAS,Development onis Septemberurged 8,to 2020,incorporate adrainage collisioncapacity, claimedflood risk reduction, and hydrologicconnectivityconsiderations into anyevaluation,design,orimprovement of I-12, including the lifeassessment of amedian teenagerbarrier whenpermeability, shelostcontrolofhervehicleandcollidedwithaneighteen-wheelerinSt.TammanyParish;cross-drainage structures, and other measures necessary to ensure that roadway improvements do not exacerbate flooding impacts on surrounding communities." Page 1 of 1 CODING:

andWordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored WHEREAS,are aadditions. lawsuitwasfiledin2021byherfamilyagainst theStateofLouisiana and the Department of Transportation and Development alleging the cable barrier was defective;

and WHEREAS, on October 10, 2025, a single-vehicle, fatal crash occurred on I-12 eastbound near Essen Lane and Airline Highway in Baton Rouge when a vehicle struck a concrete median resulting in a highway closure for over three hours;

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69 ENROLLED WHEREAS, on February13, 2026, a fatal, three-vehicle collision occurred on I-12 westbound near the Albany/Springfield exit in Livingston Parish;

and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2025, a fatal, two-vehicle collision occurred on I-12 in St.

Tammany Parish;

and WHEREAS, on October25,2025,asingle-vehiclecollision shut down partsofI-12 in Livingston Parish for hours;

and WHEREAS, on April 25, 2025, a collision claimed the life of a seventy year old resident on I-12, west of the Louisiana Highway 441 exit in Livingston Parish;

and WHEREAS, the I-12 and I-55 interchange in Tangipahoa Parish presents ongoing safety concerns due to heavy commercial freight traffic, complex merging patterns, and recurringcongestion,whichhaveresultedinseriouscollisions,overturnedfreighttrucks,and traffic shutdowns;

and WHEREAS, recentlitigation concerningI-12 has demonstrated that certainmedian barrier and roadway designs may have impeded natural drainage patterns and contributed to increased flood risk and damages to adjacent properties during major storm events;

and WHEREAS, I-12 serves as a critical evacuation and emergency response corridor, and improving its drainage performance and flood resilience presents an opportunity to enhanceboth publicsafetyandinfrastructurereliabilityduringextremeweatherevents;and WHEREAS, common improvements to interstates typically involve widening projects, interchange reconstruction, asphalt overlays, concrete median protection, and bridge replacements.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to implement improvements to I-12 in the parishes of Livingston, East Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa, and St.

Tammany.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and Developmentisurgedtoincorporatedrainagecapacity,floodriskreduction,andhydrologic connectivity considerations into any evaluation, design, or improvement of I-12, including theassessmentofmedianbarrierpermeability,cross-drainagestructures,andothermeasures necessary to ensure that roadway improvements do not exacerbate flooding impacts on surrounding communities.

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69 ENROLLED BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE Page 3 of 3