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• La. seeks federal loan to pay for bridge

  December 21, 2012 4:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State transportation officials are trying to negotiate a $174 million federal loan to ease problems in paying for a toll bridge in south Louisiana. The $371 million bridge, which opened in 2009, is on Louisiana Highway 1 in Leeville and crosses Bayou Lafourche, just west of Grand... more »

• Audit: Unpaid tolls cost millions

  December 4, 2012 10:27 AM

  BATON ROUGE - State transportation officials have allowed up to 300,000 cars and trucks to use a troubled toll bridge in far south Louisiana without operators paying. That's according to a report issued on Monday. In addition, Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera said in an 18-page review that state officials failed... more »

• Audit reveals problems with Leeville toll bridge

  July 30, 2012 5:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State auditors say an electronic toll collection system implemented on the LA 1 Bridge in Leeville three years ago continues to struggle with glitches that have been preventing it from collecting some toll violations. In a financial report released Monday, the state auditor's office said the Louisiana... more »

• Toll payment lane on La. 1 bridge boosts payments

  July 18, 2012 3:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - 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. But DOTD Undersecretary Michael Bridges acknowledged the change last month also has encountered problems, including equipment... more »

• Tolls reinstated on LA 1 bridge in Leeville

  June 25, 2012 2:34 PM

  LEEVILLE - The state Department of Transportation and Development has resumed collecting tolls on the LA 1 bridge in Leeville. The tolls were suspended Sunday after a state of emergency was declared in advance of Tropical Storm Debby. Debby's center was essentially stationary about 50 miles south of Apalachicola,... more »

• New bridge pulls in $1.9M in tolls

  February 24, 2010 5:28 AM

  State transportation officials say drivers paid $1.9 million in tolls during the first six months that the new Leeville bridge has been open. That's less than the $2.4 million the state had hoped to take in by this time on the Tomey J. Doucet bridge, but it's still within the... more »