Cast your online vote for DOTD to receive People's Choice Award!
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is among the top ten finalists in the country to be considered for two prestigious national transportation awards, the 2009 America’s Transportation Award and the People’s Choice Award, for our effort to preserve history during the Front Street Natchitoches Restoration Project.
Many LA Tech Engineering Graduates and Faculty are employed by, associated with, or involved in LADOTD. Please help bring this award to our state.
The winner of the People’s Choice Award is determined by popular vote. Please support LADOTD by casting your vote online at:
Voting will last through Oct. 23, and you can vote as often as you wish.
The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, which will go toward a charity or community organization of DOTD’s choice. In addition, the winner of the 2009 America’s Transportation Award will be determined by an independent judging panel in Oct. 2009.
The Front Street restoration project rehabilitated six city blocks of historic brick-surfaced streets in Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase. The project included removing, cleaning and then replacing each of the approximately 300,000 roadway bricks, once the existing infrastructure had been replaced. In order to keep businesses open along the street, the project was divided into three, two-block-long phases. Discoveries of Native American and 18th- and 19th-century European artifacts as well as a 109-year-old silver dollar from the New Orleans mint were made during the project. Despite facing numerous obstacles, including Hurricane Gustav, the entire Front Street project was completed in the original contract time of 240 calendar days.
For more information, visit DOTD’s home page at www.dotd.la.gov.
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