“A few months ago while we were in the process of our campaign, the previous administration tried to rush a deal that cost too much and that brought no long-term benefit to Lake Charles, this region or this state. Because your delegation said no, because they believed there was a better deal, today we are going to give you that better deal.”

– Gov. Jeff Landry, yesterday in Lake Charles announcing plans to replace the Calcasieu River Bridge on I-10 at a 25 percent cheaper rate than that proposed by his predecessor John Bel Edwards.