Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1274

  • Authority: shall mean the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1253
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • expressway project: shall mean any limited access express highway, bridge, tunnel, approach or facility thereto constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, traffic circles, interchanges, feeder roads, landscaping, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, communication facilities, such facilities for motor fuel and food as the authority may deem necessary or desirable, and administration, storage and other buildings which the authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project, together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of such project. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1253
  • Public roads: shall include all public highways, roads and streets in the state, whether maintained by the state, parish, other political subdivision, city, or town. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1253

All motor common carriers and contract carriers that hold certificates of public conveniences and necessity authorizing them to operate over the public roads of this state that will parallel an expressway project or a section thereof on the date that such project is opened to the public for use, are hereby granted the right to operate their vehicles upon and over said expressway project or such section thereof which parallels such public roads under such certificates upon compliance with the payment of the required tolls; provided, that such carriers shall comply with the provisions of this Chapter and any rule and regulation of the authority as to the use of such project, anything in said certificates to the contrary notwithstanding.  

Acts 1954, No. 232, §24.  

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