Infrastructure

Lawmakers vote down public-private partnership for $2.1B Calcasieu bridge

By Washington Examiner
Published October 25, 2023 11:51am ET
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Lawmakers vote down public-private partnership for $2.1B Calcasieu bridge
(The Center Square) — A $2.1 billion public-private partnership to build a toll bridge over the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles was derailed in a legislative committee on Tuesday. The Legislature’s Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee voted 8-6 mostly along party lines against approving a public partnership with Calcasieu Bridge Partners, a group […]

(The Center Square) — A $2.1 billion public-private partnership to build a toll bridge over the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles was derailed in a legislative committee on Tuesday.

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