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re: West side Expressway with new bridge ( aka Loop) gaining traction
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:27 am to Chicken
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:27 am to Chicken
quote:
Houston (2 loops) > Lake Charles (1 loop) > Baton Rouge (no loops)
It took 20 years to finish 610 and 40 years to complete Beltway 8.... Good luck BR...
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:29 am to Roscoe
The state just needs to abandon hope for Baton Rouge and build Lafayette a loop
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:29 am to Roscoe
The comment in the story from the plant manager claiming that they've lost employees because of commute times is as much an indictment on the availability of good, desirable housing and public schools on the west side as it is traffic on the east side.
I'm sure the study will claim that the expressway is needed, but it will likely never happen.
I'm sure the study will claim that the expressway is needed, but it will likely never happen.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:42 am to Chicken
quote:
Houston (3 loops) > Lake Charles (1 loop) > Baton Rouge (no loops)
FIFY Chicken. We got the Grand Parkway coming in hot.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:45 am to White Shadeaux
quote:
and pussies like you will keep crying.
You mad they gonna take your cow pasture for a loop?
I drvie through BR once a month on average, I could give a rats arse. I just enjoy how angry LP and AP residents get at the idea of BR making a loop that runs near them.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:46 am to mkibod1
Grand parkway not a loop yet. Let's not get carried away
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:48 am to Chicken
Its a start on a 3rd loop though
Br doesnt even have a start on the first
Br doesnt even have a start on the first
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:50 am to lsuhunt555
quote:
You mad they gonna take your cow pasture for a loop?
not if they pay me FMV for it.
Look, the idea of a loop in this area is just foolish. It won't happen at this point. Too expensive, too controversial. Build another bridge and a bypass to it and be done with it.
quote:
The state just needs to abandon hope for Baton Rouge and build Lafayette a loop
definitely this. If only because there is still time to do it. I'd hate to see them make the same mistake in Laffy they did in BR.
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 8:52 am
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:58 am to Cosmo
quote:
Would do nothing to get trucks off i12
I doubt trucks would take a northern loop
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:59 am to tigerinthebueche
quote:not really.
Sadly, Kingbob is correct.
the last "study" was not to prove if traffic was bad enough to warrant a loop. it was to start figuring out alignments where the actual roads could go, bridge crossings, cost estimates and ways it could actually be built. when people starting seeing the real world product...that yes, if really want a loop, it may need to go here...that's when the nimby's come out.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:00 am to Topwater Trout
I disagree. Truckers who regularly make the gulf coast 10/12 haul would love to bypass the BR abortion im sure,
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:01 am to link
quote:
.that's when the nimby's come out.
which is why Kingbob is correct. The bridge/bypass/expressway is more likely to happen IMO, just because there are less NIMBYs to deal with than if we try to do a loop. But I still think this study is bogus.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:03 am to Chicken
quote:Houston working on a 3rd too
Houston (2 loops) > Lake Charles (1 loop) > Baton Rouge (no loops)
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:06 am to Roscoe
not in my backyard, pal!
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:06 am to Chicken
I thought Houston had three loops?
610, toll and a state highway.
610, toll and a state highway.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:10 am to Napoleon
Houston has 2 complete loops
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:11 am to Napoleon
Leesville has a traffic circle as well as Alec has two.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:51 am to VernonPLSUfan
There's four or five bridges between ST. Francisville and NOLA.
Why do we need to build another? Just build a by pass to Sunshine or Veterans bridge and tell the locals tough titty.
Why do we need to build another? Just build a by pass to Sunshine or Veterans bridge and tell the locals tough titty.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:15 am to Chicken
quote:
Houston (2 loops) > Lake Charles (1 loop) > Baton Rouge (no loops)
Houston actually working on a third loop
Eta: late to the party pointing out 3rd loop.
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 10:18 am
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:18 am to baytiger
Houston is over 2M in population.
They may as well start the 4th loop.
They may as well start the 4th loop.
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