re: How many of you baws went to the public meeting last night about the new bridge?

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drop that yellow line just a little bit and you can go straight through/over the swamp. Boggles my little brain why this path for a bypass/bridge doesn't show up on any of the suggestions/options. I used the Google thingy to measure distance and it's only 23 miles total.

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Probably a combination of cost and (possibly) environmental impact.

That bridge location was evaluated but was eliminated in the round 1 screening. I agree that it would be a way more attractive location if it could be connected directly to I-10 through the swamp. The problem is that almost the entire portion from the bridge to I-10 in Ascension would need to be elevated, which adds a ton of cost and would be a pretty significant project on its own.

And again, that’s assuming it’s feasible from an environmental impact perspective (I don’t know the answer to that part).