Letlow Announces Delta Regional Authority Investments in the Fifth District

February 23, 2022
Press Release

MONROE, LA – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today announced that the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) will invest more than $4 million in community projects across Louisiana’s Fifth District.

“These strategic investments from the Delta Regional Authority are helping us continue to move the Fifth District forward,” Letlow said. “We appreciate the DRA making such a substantial commitment to our region, and we look forward to working with them and our state partners on projects in the future.”

These eight projects include –

  • $1,297,868 for road improvements at the Madison Parish Port in Tallulah
  • $1,014,000 for retrofitting and expanding facilities at the Central Louisiana Regional Port in Alexandria
  • $509,000 for hospital capacity expansion at Franklin Medical Center in Winnsboro
  • $476,673 for a new municipal water well in Simmsboro
  • $421,393 for drainage improvements in the Cypress Street area of Monroe
  • $398,954 for sewer improvements in the Slack Street area of West Monroe
  • $112,575 for programs at the University of Louisiana Monroe to study aerial systems
  • $33,815 for a wastewater treatment plant in Waterproof

This funding was appropriated to the DRA and is available through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP) and the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF).

Earlier funding packages were held up because grant dollars could not be dispersed due to the Administration’s delay in filling the DRA’s top leadership positions. In September 2020, Letlow led a group of 12 colleagues asking the President to appoint a new Federal Co-Chair or Alternate Co-Chair and assist in helping clear the backlog.

For more information from the DRA on today’s announcement, click HERE.