The following words and terms shall have the following meanings as used in this Chapter:

(1)  “Commission” shall mean the El Camino East-West Corridor Commission (U.S. Highway 84 and Louisiana Highway 6).

(2)  “Department” shall mean the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

(3)  “Highway” shall mean U.S. Highway 84 East and Louisiana Highway 6, as the said U.S. Highway 84 East extends from the eastern boundary of Louisiana, being the Mississippi River on the east, up to its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 at Clarence, Louisiana, and Louisiana Highway 6 from the point of its intersection at Clarence, Louisiana, with the aforementioned U.S. Highway 71 extending westward to the border between the states of Texas and Louisiana, and shall further mean any improvements or extensions of either highway within the boundaries of the commission.

(4)  “Project” shall mean the construction, expansion, improvements, or extension of the highway as that term is defined in this Section, including the four-lane improvements for any portion thereof within the boundaries of the commission and the construction of bridges, overpasses, causeways, underpasses, traffic circles, interchanges, landscaping and wildflower establishment, and historical marker establishment related thereto, and any other construction which may be necessary in order to completely modernize, renovate, and update the aforementioned highways, along with economic development and improvement of the geographic areas served thereby.

Acts 1992, No. 214, §1; Acts 1997, No. 260, §1.