Transportation & Development Louisiana D

Transportation & Development Louisiana D, doing business as the Accounting Department, is a division of the State of Louisiana that operates as a federal grant recipient for highway infrastructure, bridge preservation, ferry maintenance, and transportation planning work funded entirely through formula allocations from the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary. The entity is a U.S. government agency (child entity of the State of Louisiana) and competes exclusively as a prime grant recipient across multiple federal transportation programs; it does not pursue contracts or subcontract relationships.

The recipient's portfolio consists exclusively of federal grants—21,003 total awards obligating $27.48 billion across the past five years—with zero subcontract activity. Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration accounts for 20,882 awards (99.4% of the total), with remaining awards distributed across the Federal Transit Administration (101 awards), the DOT Immediate Office of the Secretary (15 awards), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2 awards), and the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (1 award). The portfolio is driven entirely by statutory formula allocation mechanisms rather than competitive selection; Louisiana DOTD receives approximately 870 routine annual awards under programs including the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (CFDA 20.287), Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205), Highway Safety Improvement Program (CFDA 20.272), Bridge Formula Program (CFDA 20.263), Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities (CFDA 20.270), Metropolitan Planning Program (CFDA 20.275), Technology & Innovation Deployment (CFDA 20.227), Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (CFDA 20.284), and Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance (CFDA 20.945).

Representative recent work demonstrates the scope of work performed statewide in Louisiana. A $1 million cooperative agreement under the Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance program (awarded November 2, 2026) funds asset scan and evaluation of the state's project pipeline and existing assets, including general asset inventory, condition assessment, risk evaluation, market analysis, and environmental review through November 1, 2029. A $138.5 million formula grant for pavement and subgrade work on US Highway 90 (awarded March 30, 2026) covers patching, Class II base course placement, treated subgrade construction, and overlay through December 31, 2047. A $35.1 million formula grant for Interstate 49 pavement rehabilitation and guardrail replacement (awarded April 15, 2026) includes patching, cold planing, overlay of mainline and shoulders, and guardrail replacement at five structures through December 31, 2031. A $22.8 million award for pavement preservation on Louisiana State Routes 82, 35, and 333 (awarded November 24, 2025) covers patching, milling, base stabilization, and overlay through December 31, 2029. Highway safety and pedestrian work includes a $1.7 million Highway Safety Improvement Program grant for pedestrian improvements at the US 171 and US 80 intersection in Shreveport (awarded May 20, 2026) and a $3.4 million grant for shoulder widening, rumble strips, and enhanced curve warning signage in District 04 (awarded June 11, 2026). Ferry operations work includes multiple drydock awards for M/V Point-A-La-Hache, M/V Cameron II, M/V Acadia, and Landing Barge 068, ranging from $128 thousand to $3.8 million per award. Bridge work spans beam repair, girder replacement, vertical truss rehabilitation, submarine cable replacement, movable bridge winch rehabilitation, and spans from $100 thousand to $5.7 million per award. Work is performed statewide throughout Louisiana at locations specified in individual project scopes, with administrative oversight remaining at headquarters in Baton Rouge.

Activity has declined significantly year over year—1,136 awards in 2023 to 540 in 2025 and 171 year-to-date in 2026—reflecting both the nature of formula-grant allocation cycles and the completion of prior-year grant commitments. Four hundred twenty-nine awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure or natural portfolio transition risk as grants expire and new allocations are issued. The recipient maintains no parent contract vehicles, BPAs, or IDIQs; all work flows through direct formula grant awards issued by the Federal Highway Administration and peer agencies without competitive task-order vehicles.