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LA Rev Stat § 48:291 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§291. Selection procedure; evaluation teams

RS 291 - Selection procedure; evaluation teams A. Except for research projects, an evaluation team consisting of five department personnel shall evaluate the qualifications of the responding consultant firms. The consultant contract services administrator, or his authorized designee, shall serve as chairman of the evaluation team. The consultant contract services administrator, or his authorized designee, shall select evaluation team members from department personnel who possess experience and qualifications relevant to services to be performed for the project. In addition other persons as determined by the chairman may be called for informational purposes. At least three members of the selected team shall evaluate the qualifications of responding consultants. The consultant contract services administrator, or his designee, serves ex officio and does not evaluate the responding consultant firms. The consultant contract services administrator, or his designee, shall report the results of the evaluation team members to the secretary for all projects except Louisiana Transportation Research Center projects. B. The Louisiana Transportation Research Center project selection procedure shall be in accordance with the Louisiana Transportation Research Center "Manual of Research Procedures" for Louisiana Transportation Research Center projects. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:292 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§292. Noncompetitive negotiation selections

RS 292 - Noncompetitive negotiation selections A. In special and rare circumstances, noncompetitive selection may be utilized. These circumstances include, but are not limited to: (1) Specialty contracts where the necessary expertise is available only from one or a few sources. (2) The extension of services by the original consultant required on a project for which the contract has been satisfactorily completed and closed out at an earlier date. (3) Contracts requiring immediate action. B. The section head, after ascertaining the need for a noncompetitive selection, shall request approval from the secretary or his authorized designee through the chief engineer, assistant secretary for operations, assistant secretary for planning and programming, or assistant secretary of public works, hurricane flood protection, and intermodal transportation, whichever is applicable to the project, to engage a specific firm to perform the required services. The request shall be in written form containing the following information: (1) The justification for a noncompetitive selection. (2) The recommended firm and the reason for the recommendation. (3) The type of contract recommended. (4) The approximate cost. C. For federal aid projects, the noncompetitive selection shall be submitted to the appropriate federal agency for approval at an early stage. D. For research projects, the determination for noncompetitive selection shall be based upon a recommendation by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center to the secretary and documented as required in R.S. 48:292(B). Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:295.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§295.1. Definitions

RS 295.1 - Definitions  When used in this Part, the following words and phrases have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:  (1) "Contractor" means consultants selected pursuant to R.S. 48:285 et seq. Contractor shall also include bidders or contractors on projects let pursuant to R.S. 48:251 et seq. and participation as joint venturer or subcontractor on department projects.  (2) "Debarment" means the disqualification of a contractor to receive invitations for bids or requests for proposals or the award of any contract by the department and shall be applicable to selection of consultants by the department and participation as a joint venture, subcontractor, or consultant or subconsultant on department projects.  (3) "Debarment committee" means the committee consisting of the following persons acting upon a unanimous vote: the chief engineer of the department or his designee; the deputy secretary of the department or his designee; and the general counsel of the department or his designee.  Acts 1993, No. 879, §1, eff. June 23, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 48:295.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§295.3. Appeal to the secretary

RS 295.3 - Appeal to the secretary  A. The secretary or his designee shall have the authority to review and determine any appeal by an aggrieved person from a determination by the debarment committee which is authorized by R.S. 48:295.2.  B. This Section applies to a review by the secretary of a decision under R.S. 48:295.2.  C. The aggrieved person shall file his appeal with the secretary within fourteen days of the receipt of a decision under R.S. 48:295.2(E).  D. The secretary or his designee shall decide within fourteen days whether, or the extent to which, the debarment or suspension was in accordance with the constitution, statutes, ordinances, regulations, and the best interest of the department and was fair. Any prior determination by the debarment committee shall not be final or conclusive.  E. A copy of the decision under Subsection D of this Section shall be served by certified or registered mail or otherwise furnished immediately to the debarred or suspended person or any other intervening party.  F. A decision under Subsection D of this Section shall be final and conclusive unless either of the following occurs:  (1) The decision is fraudulent.  (2) The debarred or suspended person has timely appealed an adverse decision of the secretary or his designee to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in accordance with R.S. 48:295.4.  Acts 1993, No. 879, §1, eff. June 23, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 48:295.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§295.4. Actions by or against the department in connection with contracts

RS 295.4 - Actions by or against the department in connection with contracts  A. Any judicial action under this Part shall be governed by R.S. 49:964.  B. Any appeal for judicial review of the secretary's decision shall be commenced in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court within sixty days after receipt of the decision of the secretary under R.S. 48:295.3(E).  Acts 1993, No. 879, §1, eff. June 23, 1993.
LA Rev Stat § 48:301 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§301. Authority to establish and regulate controlled-access facilities

RS 301 - Authority to establish and regulate controlled-access facilities  The highway authorities of the state, parishes and municipalities of Louisiana, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, may plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain and provide controlled-access facilities for public use whenever they determine that traffic conditions, present or future, justify such special facilities. However, within municipalities, the exercise of this power is subject to such municipal consent as is necessary by law.  In addition to the specific powers granted in this Part, they also have, relative to controlled-access facilities, all additional authority now or hereafter vested in them relative to highways or streets within their respective jurisdictions. They may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of controlled-access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with R.S. 48:1(12).  Added by Acts 1955, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§302. Design of controlled-access facility; right of access

RS 302 - Design of controlled-access facility; right of access  The highway authorities may design any controlled-access facility and regulate, restrict, or prohibit access so as to best serve the traffic for which it is intended. The authority's determination of that design is final.  They may divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating the separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes and other devices. No person has any right of access to, from or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at the designated points at which access is permitted upon the terms and conditions specified from time to time.  Added by Acts 1955, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:303 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§303. Acquisition of property and property rights

RS 303 - Acquisition of property and property rights  For the purposes of this Part, the highway authorities may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by donation, purchase, exchange, lease, or expropriation in the same manner as they are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. They may acquire any use of the property or the full ownership of it.  In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled-access facility or portion thereof, or service road in connection therewith, the highway authorities may, in their discretion, acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land when they determine it will best serve the interests of the public, even though said entire lot, block or tract is not immediately needed for the right of way proper.  Added by Acts 1955, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:304 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§304. New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations

RS 304 - New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations  The highway authorities may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within or being a controlled-access facility. They may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing state and parish roads or municipal streets by grade separation or service roads or by closing off roads and streets at the right of way boundary line of the controlled-access facility. After the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not part thereof shall intersect it at grade. No municipal, parish or state highway, or street, or other public way shall be opened into or connected with any controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority having jurisdiction over the facility. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest is served thereby. Provided however that notice of intent to establish such controlled-access facility within a municipality or within five miles thereof shall be delivered to the executive offices of such municipality together with plats outlining in reasonable detail the proposal not less than thirty days prior to the undertaking of such construction. Provided further that in the event of objection to such proposal by the governing authorities of such municipality the same shall not be undertaken except after a public hearing by the board of highways. After such public hearing a decision by the board of highways relative thereto shall be final. Added by Acts 1955, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:305 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§305. Agreements with each other or with federal government

RS 305 - Agreements with each other or with federal government  The highway authorities may enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this Part.  Added by Acts 1955, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:306 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§306. Local service roads

RS 306 - Local service roads  In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the highway authorities may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street and exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this Part when they determine the local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. The local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper highway authority.  Added by Acts 1955, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:307 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§307. Controlled-access areas; commercial activities

RS 307 - Controlled-access areas; commercial activities A. Except to the extent authorized by law for expressway projects of the Louisiana expressway authority or any other toll road or turnpike project, and except as provided by this Section, no automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located within the right of way of, or on publicly-owned or publicly-leased land acquired or used for or in connection with a controlled-access facility. B.(1) The secretary may permit the placement of vending machines and concession structures within or on any controlled-access facility or rest area. Such machines or concession structures shall be operated in accordance with applicable state and federal law. (2) The secretary is hereby authorized to either purchase, install, and operate vending machines or to utilize private contractors, subject to the review and consent of the Louisiana Workforce Commission as the Randolph-Sheppard licensing agency. If private contractors are utilized, the contractors shall be selected in accordance with public bid law. (3) The secretary is further authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Louisiana Workforce Commission concerning the division of gross sales or net proceeds derived from the operation of these vending machines and concession structures at interstate rest areas. The construction, general maintenance, upkeep, and improvement of the vending machines and concession structures shall be the responsibility of the private contractor or designated operator. (4) It is the specific intention of this Subsection that the grant of discretion given to the secretary is for the purpose of allowing the state to fully avail itself of the authorization granted by applicable federal law. These provisions shall be liberally construed to attain these purposes. Added by Acts 1960, No. 514, §1. Acts 1986, No. 568, §1; Acts 1989, No. 304, §1, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 2010, No. 939, §10, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 48:341 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§341. Channeling traffic by lines

RS 341 - Channeling traffic by lines  In the interest of the safety and convenience of motor vehicle operation, appropriate geometric designs and traffic regulatory devices shall be employed to provide separate channels for the movement of vehicles traveling in different directions and to regulate the maneuvering of vehicles within and between these traffic streams.
LA Rev Stat § 48:342 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§342. Parking or loading on highway

RS 342 - Parking or loading on highway  The chief engineer may regulate, and, when the safety or convenience of the traveling public requires it, prohibit the parking or loading and unloading of any type of vehicle on any highway within the state highway system. Parking on the traveled surfaces and storing of articles or commodities of any kind within the right-of-way area is prohibited. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:343 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§343. Moving property across highways

RS 343 - Moving property across highways  The chief engineer of the Department of Transportation and Development may regulate, as to method, the moving of tangible movable property across the highways.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1992, No. 350, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:344 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§344. Entrances and exits adjacent to highways

RS 344 - Entrances and exits adjacent to highways Entrances to and exits from private properties adjacent to the rights-of-way of state highways may be regulated, prohibited, or abolished in the interest of the safety of the traveling public. The chief engineer of the Department of Transportation and Development, from time to time, shall prepare and promulgate descriptions and illustrations of various types and styles of entrances and exits consistent with this purpose and shall issue permits of necessity and convenience for the installation of entrances and exits in accordance with its promulgated regulations and standards. The department may apply to the courts for such process as may be necessary to make the provisions of this Section effective.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1992, No. 350, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:345 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§345. Designation of a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on highways in the state highway system; penalty

RS 345 - Designation of a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on highways in the state highway system; penalty  A. The secretary or his designee may designate high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on any highway in the state highway system where adequate shoulders exist and may restrict the use thereof to vehicular traffic classified as a "high-occupancy vehicle (HOV)" to the extent he thinks it expedient that, in his judgment, is appropriate to provide travel time savings and to increase the total number of people moved through a highway corridor with high levels of travel demand and traffic congestion. Nothing in this Section authorizes the secretary or his designee to designate an existing roadway or travel lane as a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.  B. For the purpose of this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them:  (1) "High-occupancy vehicle" means a passenger car, pickup truck, van, recreational vehicle, or a bus or other motorized passenger vehicle used for transporting persons such as a carpool or a vanpool vehicle used for ridesharing purposes and occupied by a driver and one or more passengers. A truck, tandem truck, tractor, truck-tractor, combination of vehicles, or commercial motor vehicle carrying or transporting freight, merchandise, or other property shall not be a high-occupancy vehicle.  (2) "High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane" means one or more lanes of a highway or an entire highway designated by traffic control devices where high-occupancy vehicles are given at all times, or at regularly scheduled times, a priority or preference over some or all other vehicles moving in the general stream of all highway traffic.  C. Any high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane designated pursuant to Subsection A of this Section may be used by a motorcycle, as defined in R.S. 32:1, without regard to the number of riders or passengers.  D. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations related to enforcement and penalties of the high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the rules and regulations shall be in accordance with the selected implementation method of the high-occupancy vehicle lanes.  Acts 2019, No. 81, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:346 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§346. Closing or restricting use of highways

RS 346 - Closing or restricting use of highways The assistant secretary of the office of operations or the chief engineer may close any section of highway to all or any class or part of traffic or restrict the use thereof to the extent he thinks expedient for any length of time that, in his judgment, is appropriate for any of the following reasons: (1) To permit construction or maintenance operations to proceed without interruption. (2) To protect the property of the state or the persons and property of the traveling public. (3) In his opinion, there is an emergency requiring the closing or restriction. (4) In his opinion, the closing or restriction is in the best interest of the state or the state highway system. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 413, §8, eff. July 11, 1979; Acts 1984, No. 625, §1; Acts 2003, No. 701, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:346.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§346.1. Temporary road signs; sugarcane harvest season

RS 346.1 - Temporary road signs; sugarcane harvest season During the sugarcane harvest season, the Department of Transportation and Development may install in those parishes where sugarcane is harvested, temporary road signs which warn motorists of particular road hazards existing throughout the harvest season. Added by Acts 1974, No. 137, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.