courtesy of Archie Chiasson/Facebook
The president of Lafourche Parish is moving on to become the head of the newly created Office of Louisiana Highway Construction. Archie Chiasson will be moving into his new role August 4th. Chiasson says he’s excited to lead the new effort to improve highway construction.
“We get to build it from the ground up, really using our local governments, our private sector partners to really, as the governor put it, reimagine how we deliver road and bridge project and construction across the state,” Chiasson said.
Chiasson says the main role of the new Office of Louisiana Highway Construction is to make the construction process faster and more efficient.
“Really speed up the delivery of how we design, how we bid out these projects. And then, of course, turning to our private sector partners in the asphalt and drainage world and really delivering those projects in a time frame that makes sense,” Chiasson explained.
Chiasson will step down as Lafourche Parish president after five and a half years at the helm – during which time he led the parish during some trying times.
“Everything from a global pandemic to the worst hurricane that’s ever hit Lafourche Parish, to a couple of plane crashes, a vessel capsized, an ice storm, a couple sink holes,” Chiasson noted.
Chiasson also highlighted a couple of wins, including reforming the local tax structure and establishing partnerships with the school system, including giving teachers’ pay raises to keep them in the parish.
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