tolls

Mayor Landrieu Predicts Voters Will Reject Crescent City Bridge Tolls

Eileen Fleming — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has campaigned in favor of keeping the $1 tolls on the Crescent City Connection.

But he says now that he probably won’t win that fight, considering Jazz Fest and other events may prove more inviting than the polls.

Judge Orders New Election in CCC Bridge Toll Challenge

The Associated Press — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:12:18 +0000

A Baton Rouge judge has nullified the election results for the 20-year renewal of the tolls for the Crescent City Connection in New Orleans and has ordered a new election in May.

Some Votes to be Recounted in Tolls Election

The Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0000

A partial recount in the November referendum that extended tolls on the Crescent City Connection for 20 years has been set for Feb. 16.

Baton Rouge Judge Orders Recount of Bridge Toll Vote

The Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:31:13 +0000

An East Baton Rouge Parish judge has ordered a recount of the vote that extended tolls on the Crescent City Connection bridge for 20 years.

The vote passed by a margin of 16 votes out of 308,000 cast on Nov. 6 in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes.

Bridge Toll Suit Contests 18-Vote Margin

The Associated Press — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:43:28 +0000

An opponent of tolls on the Mississippi River bridge into New Orleans has sued for a recount of the vote extending the tolls for 20 years.

Tolls resume on La. 1

The Associated Press — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:12:44 +0000

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development resumed toll operations on the La. 1 Expressway in Leeville this morning at 10 a.m.

DOTD suspends toll collections on La. 1 in Leeville and the Crescent City Connection

Jason Saul — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has suspended toll collections at LA 1 in Leeville and the Crescent City Connection (CCC) US 90B in New Orleans to facilitate evacuation, emergency and protective services, the department said in a press release Sunday.

The toll suspension is in response to the declared state of emergency caused by Tropical Storm Isaac, the agency said. DOTD will notify the traveling public when tolls resume.

Toll payment lane on La. 1 bridge boosts payments

MELINDA DESLATTE | The Associated Press — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:06:54 +0000

The chief financial officer of the Department of Transportation and Development says a troubled toll bridge in coastal south Louisiana has increased its collections by adding a payment lane on site.