Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 56 - PUBLIC WORKS
Part III - Flood Control and Water Management
Subpart 1 - Water Resources and Flood Control
Chapter 5 - Funding Applications
Section III-501 - Guidelines and Procedures for Applications for State Funding Assistance
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-501
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Statewide Flood Control Program
1. The requests for Statewide
Flood Control Program funds far exceed the amount of money made available each
year. In an effort to best utilize the available funds, the following time
schedules shall be incorporated into project development.
|
Task |
Maximum Time, Years |
|
1. Execution of Agreement Between DOTD and Sponsor |
1/2 |
|
2. Application of Permits |
1 |
|
3. Submittal of Preliminary Plans |
2 |
|
4. Submittal of Draft Final Plans, Specifications and Cost Estimate |
3 |
|
5. Acquisition of Rights-of-Way Permits and Utility Relocation and Securing the Funding for the Sponsor's Portion of the Project |
3 1/2 |
|
6. Advertising for Bids and Awarding of Contract |
4 |
2.
If an approved project is authorized to be separated into multiple phases, all
subsequent phases must have been advertised for bids within three years of the
final acceptance resolution of the previous phase.
3. The date of the letter from the chairman
of the Flood Control Evaluation Committee advising the sponsor that his project
has been funded shall be used as the beginning point in determining the amount
of time that has elapsed.
4. In the
event a task or phase is not completed within the maximum time allotted, the
agreement between DOTD and the sponsor shall be canceled and the state funds
that were allocated for the proposed project shall be reallocated.
5. If the sponsor wishes to continue with the
project, the sponsor shall be required to submit an updated application. If the
sponsor fails to submit an updated application within two years of the date the
agreement was canceled, the sponsor will be deemed to have abandoned the
project and it will be removed from the program.
6. The updated application will be treated as
a new application and must follow the same programmatic procedures for applying
for funding.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:90.1 et. seq.
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