In preparation for the legislative session that opens on April 13, leaders of the state’s construction industry are putting together their agenda. The two main issues focus on tweaking the state’s public bid law, which was overhauled during the 2014 session, and holding onto as much capital outlay and public works funding as possible.
“Other than that we’re just going to wait out this administration,” says Ken Naquin, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Louisiana. “Sooner or later somebody has to address the lack of infrastructure funding in this state and this administration is not going to do it so we are going to have to wait until we get a new governor.”
The AGC’s legislative council met today to begin ironing out its legislative strategy for the session.
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