Primary Recipient

TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF

Amount

$2,765,000.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration

CDFA Number

20.507

CDFA Program Title

Federal Transit_Formula Grants

Description

THIS WILL BE USED TO REPAIR THE CHALMETTE FERRY LANDING WHICH IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. THIS FERRY IS USED BY APPROX 500,000 VEHICLES EACH YEAR TO CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM ORLEANS PARISH INTO ST BERNARD PARISH. WITHOUT THIS CROSSING THE