Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of Interstate 12 from four to six lanes in the Slidell area, a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project, the [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], a Republican, said that the state has spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone since 2008 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports. The state from 2008 to 2011 spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish.<ref>Christine Harvey, "Widening I-12", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 2, 2011</ref> | Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of Interstate 12 from four to six lanes in the Slidell area, a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project, the [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], a Republican, said that the state has spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone since 2008 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports. The state from 2008 to 2011 spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish.<ref>Christine Harvey, "Widening I-12", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 2, 2011</ref> |