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Pecue Lane enters final phase of project; expected completion mid-2026

Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:23 am
Posted by sec13rowBBseat28
St George, LA
Member since Aug 2006
15388 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:23 am
This project started in 2017. They’re saying it will be completed in 2026.

9 years to complete this project, IF they finish when they say they will.


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Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
13295 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:25 am to
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
7327 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:28 am to
Is anyone worried about fraud in projects like these?

Who is the internal/external auditor here?
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26655 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:35 am to
I think the I-10 projects in BR are worst than the ones that were in Texas for the last 20 years…
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4262 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:37 am to
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Is anyone worried about fraud in projects like these?


It’s not called fraud. It’s called “change orders.”
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 10:39 am
Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
4822 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:41 am to
Inspired by the recent St George news, how do you envision Pecue Lane exit looking like in about 15-20 years?
Posted by Bottom9
Arsenal Til I Die
Member since Jul 2010
21788 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:47 am to
quote:

Inspired by the recent St George news, how do you envision Pecue Lane exit looking like in about 15-20 years?



As the best fricking exit in the state.


Avoiding having to get on Airline from Highland, I-12, Siegen, or Bluebonnet is amazing.
Posted by tharre4
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
579 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:51 am to
quote:

Inspired by the recent St George news, how do you envision Pecue Lane exit looking like in about 15-20 years?


Posted by PureBlood
The Motherland
Member since Oct 2021
3946 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:53 am to
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Pecue Lane enters final phase of project; expected completion mid-2026



This has been the biggest joke of a project timeline of any in recent memory.

It's literally some off/on ramps, and widening...
Posted by GB1017LSU
Member since Nov 2015
953 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:57 am to
Final phase and only two more years to complete
I live in this area and I hope this is completed by mid 2026, but somehow I doubt it.
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
9944 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:59 am to
2026? WTF
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
9465 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:01 am to
quote:

This project started in 2017. They’re saying it will be completed in 2026.

9 years to complete this project, IF they finish when they say they will.

Ask yourself why it’s a “3 phase” project. It’s funding. There’s a perception that these projects take so long due to studies and incompetence and while those things are both true to an extent, the main reason is that there isn’t enough money to go around. So the list of projects that DOTD is “working on” is much longer than the list of projects that are actually funded for construction.

The only reason the Pecue project is happening at all is that there have been influxes of federal money - first from $80 million that was redistributed due to being unused by other states in 2018, and now from the federal infrastructure bill.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101593 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:02 am to
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tharre4


Posted by LSU1SLU
Member since Mar 2013
7132 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:04 am to
bro I literally quit being a cop, moved to dallas, had 3 different jobs and bought a home, had a kid, all in the time of pecue lane. I completely forgot about this lmao
Posted by The Goon
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2008
1247 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:04 am to
I want to know about the one house on Pecue that hasn’t moved. The road is 8ft away from the house and will be used 24 hours a day. I would have begged for eminent domain from the initial announcement.
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
4610 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:17 am to
They also constructed a whole new overpass & are having to build a bridge over Wards Creek. And I believe Reiger Rd is being extended to intersect with Pecue.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124609 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:49 am to
I drive by there daily and have never seen anyone working on it
Posted by PhiTiger1764
Lurker since Aug 2003
Member since Oct 2009
13914 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:58 am to
quote:

It's literally some off/on ramps, and widening...

Well literally no that’s not what it is.

Literally it is 2 completely new overpass bridges, a new bridge over Ward creek, the on/off ramps, the extension of Rieger Rd, and by “widening” you meant over a mile of new full construction 4-lane concrete highway
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7269 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:59 am to
quote:

9 years to complete this project, IF they finish when they say they will.


What a Fing joke this project taking so long...
Posted by GrizzlyAlloy
Member since Aug 2020
1664 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 12:02 pm to
Are they planning on making the west bound I-10 on ramp go all the way to the Siegen off ramp? It's about 3/4 of the way there already.
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