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As used in this Chapter the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:

(1)  “Authority” shall mean the Department of Transportation and Development.  

(2)  “Project” or “expressway project” shall mean any limited access express highway, bridge, tunnel, approach or facility thereto constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, traffic circles, interchanges, feeder roads, landscaping, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, communication facilities, such facilities for motor fuel and food as the authority may deem necessary or desirable, and administration, storage and other buildings which the authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project, together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of such project.  

(3)(a)  “Cost” as applied to an expressway project shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of acquisition of all land, rights of way, property, rights, easements and interests acquired by the authority for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and, if considered advisable by the authority, for one year after completion of construction, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to the construction of a project, the financing of such construction and the placing of the project, the financing of such construction and the placing of the project in operation;

(b) Any obligation or expense incurred by the Louisiana Department of Highways, or its successor, prior or subsequent to July 28, 1954, for traffic surveys, borings, surveys, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services in connection with the determination as to whether or not an expressway project should be constructed in Louisiana shall be regarded as a part of the cost of the project authorized by La. Rev. Stat. 48:1252, and shall be reimbursed to the Department of Transportation and Development out of the proceeds of expressway revenue bonds hereinafter authorized.  

(4)  “Owner” shall include all individuals, co-partnerships, associations or corporations, and all parishes, political subdivisions, municipalities and all public agencies and officers of the state of Louisiana having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements and interests authorized to be acquired by this Chapter.  

(5)  “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” shall mean bonds of the authority authorized under the provisions of this Chapter.  

(6)  “Feeder road” shall mean any road which in the opinion of the authority is necessary to create or facilitate access to a project.  

(7)  “Public roads” shall include all public highways, roads and streets in the state, whether maintained by the state, parish, other political subdivision, city, or town.  

(8)  “Revenues” shall mean all tolls, charges, rentals, gifts, grants, moneys, and all other funds coming into the possession or under the control of the authority by virtue of the provisions hereof, except the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this Chapter.  

(9)  The following definitions shall be applicable to the alternate methods of routing an express toll highway between Shreveport and Alexandria:

(a)  “West bank segment” shall mean a limited access express toll highway to be located in a corridor extending from the Shreveport area near or at Interstate Route 20 and proceeding southward along the west bank of Red River and terminating in the vicinity of Alexandria.  

(b)  “East bank segment” shall mean a limited access express toll highway to be located in a corridor extending from the Shreveport area near or at Interstate Route 20 and proceeding southward wholly or primarily on the east bank of the Red River.  

Acts 1954, No. 232, §3.  Amended by Acts 1970, No. 247, §2; Acts 1977, No. 220, §1, eff. July 7, 1977.