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The Green Light Plan Program

GREEN LIGHT PLAN

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Green Light Plan Program

The Green Light Plan is a comprehensive transportation program to improve roadway infrastructure and citizen safety throughout East Baton Rouge Parish. On October 15, 2005 the citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish voted and passed an extension to the current one-half of one percent (1/2%) sales and use tax for local street and roadway improvements. 70% of the proceeds will be used for transportation improvements including the construction of new roads, widening of existing roads, intersection improvements and upgrades to traffic signalization and synchronization. Extending and bonding the 70% transportation improvement component of the tax will allow the city-parish to complete road projects faster and at a lower overall cost.

Green Light Plan Milestones

November 2011	Twenty-Second Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Comite Drive
November 2011	Twenty-First Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Siegen Lane
October 2011	Bids taken on US 61 - LA Hwy. 64 (Mt. Pleasant)
September 2011	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Stumberg Extension Phase 1
September 2011	Bids taken on Millerville Road
September 2011	Twentieth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Central Thruway Phase I Paving
August 2011	Bids taken on Central Thruway Phase III Paving
August 2011	Nineteenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Ford Street
July 2011	Eighteenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Jones Creek Road (Segment 3)
July 2011	Seventeenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Highland Road

July 2011	Sixteenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Brightside Lane
June 2011	Bids taken on Stumberg Extension
June 2011	Fifteenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Staring Lane Extension
January 2011	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Staring Lane
December 2010	Fourteenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Elm Grove Garden
December 2010	Bids taken on S. Harrell's Ferry at Sherwood Forest Phase II
September 2010	Bids taken on Staring Lane
August 2010	Thirteenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: S. Choctaw at N. Flannery Intersection Improvements
August 2010	Twelfth Green Light Plan - project completed: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Perkins at Stanford/Acadian Intersection
August 2010	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Central Thruway Phase I Paving

July 2010	Eleventh Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Pecue Re-Alignment at Perkins Road
May 2010	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Elm Grove Garden
May 2010	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Ford Street
April 2010	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Central Thruway Phase II Bridges
March 2010	Bids taken on Central Thruway Phase I Paving
February 2010	Tenth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Lobdell Improvements
January 2010	Groundbreaking Ceremony for S. Choctaw at N. Flannery Intersection Improvements
January 2010	Bids taken on Ford Street
December 2009	Ninth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Downtown Signalization
November 2009	Eighth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Picardy Avenue Extension

November 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Perkins at Stanford/Acadian Intersection
October 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Comite Drive
October 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for S. Harrell's Ferry Road (Segment 1)
October 2009	Bids taken on Central Thruway Phase II Bridges
October 2009	Bids taken on Elm Grove Garden
September 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Southeast Area Group Project
September 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Brightside Lane
August 2009	Seventh Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Foster @ Government Intersection Improvements
August 2009	Bids taken on Perkins at Stanford/Acadian Intersection
August 2009	Bids taken on S. Harrell's Ferry Road (Segment 1)

July 2009	Bids taken on Comite Drive
July 2009	Bids taken on Southeast Area Group Project
June 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Siegen Lane
May 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Foster at Government
May 2009	Bids taken on Brightside Lane Project
May 2009	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Central Thruway Phase I Bridges (Sullivan & ICCN Railroad)
May 2009	Bids taken on Pecue Re-Alignment at Perkins Road Project
April 2009	Fifth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Coursey at Sherwood Intersection
March 2009	Fourth Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Burbank Drive (Segment 1).
March 2009	Bids taken on Siegen Lane.

March 2009	Third Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: North Harrell's Ferry Road.
February 2009	Bids taken on Foster at Government.
February 2009	Groundbreaking for Picardy Avenue.
February 2009	Groundbreaking for Jones Creek Segment 3.
February 2009	Groundbreaking for Staring Lane Extension.
January 2009	Groundbreaking for Highland Road.
December 2008	Second Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Burbank Drive - Segment 2.
November 2008	Bids taken on Jones Creek Road - Segment 3.
October 2008	Bids taken on Staring Lane Extension.
October 2008	Bids taken on Highland Road.

October 2008	First Green Light Plan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - project completed: Veterans Memorial Boulevard Extension.
September 2008	Groundbreaking for Lobdell Improvements Project.
September 2008	Groundbreaking for Coursey Boulevard at Sherwood Forest Intersection Project.
September 2008	Engineering Selection for the following projects: Hopper at Sullivan Road, Nicholson Drive, Pecue Lane Survey and Roadway Lighting Retainer.
September 2008	Staring Lane Extension advertised for contractor bids.
August 2008	Highland Road advertised for contractor bids.
July 2008	Groundbreaking for Downtown Signalization and Synchronization Project.
July 2008	Bids taken on Lobdell Improvements.
June 2008	Lobdell Improvements advertised for contractor bids.
June 2008	Bids taken on Coursey at Sherwood Forest.

June 2008	NTP Issued for the Downtown Signalization and Synchronization Project.
June 2008	NTP Issued for the Downtown Signalization and Synchronization Project.
May 2008	Groundbreaking for N. Harrell's Ferry Road.
April 2008	Bids taken on Downtown Signalization and Synchronization Project.
March 2008	Contract awarded to Industrial Enterprises, Inc. for N. Harrell's Ferry Road project with NTP anticipated for May 26, 2008.
February 2008	Right of Way Maps are completed for 13 Green Light Plan projects.
February 2008	Bids taken on N. Harrell's Ferry Road.
January 2008	Construction begins on Burbank Drive - Segment 1 and Segment 2.
October 2007	Construction begins on Veterans Memorial Boulevard Extension.
March 2007	Design begins on 17 Green Light Plan projects.

December 2006	East Baton Rouge Selection Board selects engineers for the Green Light Plan projects.
September 2006	Project Concepts, Prioritizations and Work Program are approved by Metro Council.
March 2006	CSRS, Inc. receives the Notice to Proceed as the Green Light Plan program management team.
October 2005	Citizens vote to extend the current Sales and Use Tax twenty-three (23) years dedicated to The Green Light Plan.
June 2005	Metro Council unanimously approved the Green Light Plan and voted to submit the plan to the voters.
May 2005	Mayor Holden creates Green Light Traffic Plan to address congestion and safety to the traveling public