re: driving through Prairieville this afternoon

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All of the major roads like Airline Highway and any other state Road in the parish are handled by the state.

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This is my understanding. Highway 190 in St. Tammany, for instance, is a state highway. I've called the parish once to ask the it was looking like such a dump...litter, medians growing 3 feet high, and they just said "that's a state highway, you'd have to call DOTD."

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. The parish can only take care of the roads that are owned by the parish. The parish is currently working on a contract with DOTD to start to maintain those roads but until that passes it is up to the state to handle it

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So does this mean that a parish is 'not allowed' to maintain state roads? Why can't a parish come in and work in conjunction with the DOTD to provide additional maintenance for certain roads?