 Louisiana DOTD Headquarters in 2016 | |
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| Preceding agencies |
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| Jurisdiction | Louisiana |
| Headquarters | 1201 Capitol Access Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Website | wwwsp |
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)[1] is a state government organization in the United States, in charge of maintaining public transportation, roadways, bridges, canals, select levees, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The agency has approximately five thousand personnel on staff and an operating budget of $2.3 billion. DOTD operations are run through nine district offices across the state.
The current DOTD Secretary is Joe Donahue, appointed in January 2024 by Governor Jeff Landry. Other functions of the DOTD are Dams (Dam Safety Program), flood control (Floodplain Management, water resource management (wells), and maintaining state-run ferries and moveable bridge status.[2] The Louisiana Transportation Authority (LTA) is also under the DOTD,[3] as well as the DOTD port construction and development.
- ^ "About DOTD". www.dotd.la.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Pages - Ferries, Mov. Bridges, Tolls". wwwsp.dotd.la.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Louisiana Transportation Authority". wwwsp.dotd.la.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2022.