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The tool, presented by Joe Donahue, secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, and Jerry Holder, senior vice president at engineering firm Garver, displays about 1,000 projects on day one and separates them into preconstruction, construction and open-to-traffic layers. \"This is part of the transparency that the DOTD is shifting towards,\" Donahue said.

Committee members said the viewer should help legislators and constituents track projects in their districts. \"When you click on your name, it's gonna zoom in to your district and it's gonna show the projects associated with you,\" Holder said during the demonstration. He showed examples including bridge replacements and rehab projects with estimated letting and open-to-traffic dates.

Nut graf: DOTD officials described two linked systems: the public-facing project viewer and an internal project-delivery dashboard that functions as an early-warning system for schedule risk. Staff said the system will be updated nightly from DOTD databases, with human input required to record task completions and changes.

The internal dashboard displays schedule items, responsible program managers and a color-coded risk indicator for projects drifting behind schedule. \"If a project is in risk of a letting date move, we're gonna flag it up there so that the engineering chief can say, 'hey, I need to go focus on this,'\" Holder said. The internal tool had about 466 projects loaded in the demonstration and included a view showing how many days a project component is ahead or behind schedule.

Senators pressed several operational questions. Senator Wheat asked where the data entry will occur and how many DOTD staff will be needed; Donahue and Holder said existing DOTD employees will provide input and Garver is assisting with initial data loading. \"Most of the input, all of the input will be done by existing DOTD employees,\" Donahue said.

Senator Cloud urged the department to add financial and performance metrics in later phases so the public could also see investment amounts and pavement performance. Donahue said those features are part of later phases and that the project viewer will expand to include more details \"later this year.\" Senators also raised the need to include projects managed by the Division of Administration and the proposed Office of Highway Construction so the public does not face competing systems.

Committee members repeatedly emphasized data currency. Holder said the system will be updated nightly and that users will see the latest data \"from the day before.\" Donahue added the dashboard includes checks to show when the last update occurred so supervisors can confirm that entries are recent.

Officials described the project viewer as the public-facing component of a broader set of improvements that DOTD is rolling out under a strategic improvement plan and an executive order from the governor. Garver's role, Donahue said, is to help stand up the tool and bring best practices from other state departments of transportation.

The presentation included a walkthrough of both the map-based project viewer and the internal schedule and task-tracking pages. Holder demonstrated that users can filter projects by status, click to view letting dates and open-to-traffic dates, and view a timeline of activities including environmental reviews and other milestones. The internal view allows supervisors to see tasks due in the next 30 days for a given project manager.

Senators welcomed the move toward transparency but warned that the tool will only be useful if the underlying data are kept current. \"Information solves a lot of our problems,\" Senator Carter said. Donahue said DOTD already has begun loading and vetting data and that the system will remain under development to add financials, bid and change-order details and additional project types.

Ending: DOTD said the project viewer link will be emailed to senators the same day as the demonstration. Staff said the system will remain under development with subsequent phases focusing on financial details and additional performance indicators.

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Chairman Connick said there had been conversations the previous night and earlier that morning and that the committee would not move the bill until \"we have a chance to discuss the issues with all parties on all sides.\" The record states \"House Bill 209 will be held in committee.\" No vote or mover was recorded during the hearing.

Nut graf: The committee deferred action to permit additional stakeholder engagement; no formal direction to staff or amendments were recorded during the meeting.

Ending: The committee will revisit HB209 after additional discussions with stakeholders; no committee vote was taken on that date.

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Representative Gadbary introduced the bill and said the amendments are technical and do not change the bill's intent. \"It's the policy of the state of Louisiana and its political subdivisions and agencies to select architects and engineers professional services on the basis of competence and qualifications at a fair and reasonable price,\" he said as he explained the bill's purpose. The amended language extends the same selection restrictions to \"any person they contract through,\" preventing parties from circumventing the selection rules by using third-party contractors.

Nut graf: HB312 is a technical clarification of an existing qualification-based selection regime; the committee adopted amendment set 13208 and advanced the bill without objection.

A motion to adopt the technical amendments was made and adopted without objection; Senator Carter then moved to report the bill as amended. The committee reported HB312 favorably and no roll-call vote was recorded.

Ending: The bill will move forward in the legislative process with the adopted technical clarifications. Committee members said the change preserves the intent of selecting firms based on competence rather than price during the selection phase.

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Christian Rhodes, appearing on behalf of Representative Laverdaine and the Port of New Orleans, told the committee the bill \"seeks to ensure that we as a state provide a benefit to Louisiana veterans.\" Rhodes said a prior measure passed during the COVID sessions had allowed free parking for veterans using cruise terminal parking, and that cruise activity has grown since then.

\"This is to ensure that given the resources of all state agencies, we protect and provide that benefit to the Louisiana veterans,\" Rhodes said. The committee had one card in support and Senator McMath moved to report House Bill 508 favorably; the committee advanced the bill without objection.

Nut graf: The bill would formalize free parking for veterans at state-controlled cruise terminal parking managed by the Port of New Orleans; testimony said the practice began during COVID and has expanded as cruise activity returned.

Ending: The bill was reported favorably and will proceed in the legislative process. The committee did not record a roll-call vote during the hearing.

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Representative McFarland presented House Bill 174 to designate a bridge in honor of Specialist Clayton James Horn, who \"ended his call of duty on August 2019 at the young age of 23,\" McFarland said. \"Specialist Horn was known for his professionalism and his commitment to the mission,\" the representative added. The committee moved the bill favorably without objection; Senator McMath made the motion and members were asked to sign on as co-authors.

Representative Sylvia Taylor introduced House Bill 167 to designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 3188 in LaPlace as the Veterans Memorial Highway. Taylor brought veterans from American Legion Post 383 to the hearing; Michael Anthony of Post 383 said the designation would \"give us the veterans recognition throughout the state as well as the United States.\" Senator Cloud moved the bill favorably, and the committee advanced it without objection.

The committee also considered a renaming of Louisiana Highway 466 in Gretna to \"Chief B. H. Miller Jr. Memorial Parkway.\" Representative Cox said the renamed route would pass in front of the Gretna Police Department complex and asked for favorable approval. The committee adopted several technical and piggyback amendments requested by other representatives, then voted to report the bill favorably as amended without objection.

Nut graf: All three measures are ceremonial namings that the committee advanced without recorded opposition; each bill moved with a motion from committee senators and no roll-call votes were taken during the hearing.

Committee members noted the local significance of the names. McFarland asked the committee to \"recognize the significance and the sacrifice of this young man and his family\" when presenting the Clayton Horn designation. Representative Cox said Chief Miller \"took the Gretna Police Department into the future and made it one of the best police departments in the state.\"

Ending: Each naming bill was moved forward without objection and will proceed to the next step in the legislative process. Members were encouraged to sign on as co-authors where requested.

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Senate committee shown DOTD's new project viewer dashboard to track highway work

Senate committee holds House Bill 209 for further discussion

Committee approves amendment to qualification-based selection for architects and engineers (House Bill 312)

Committee reports bill to keep DOTD/port cruise terminal parking free for veterans

Senate committee advances several memorial highway and bridge namings