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Metro Council lowers Staring Lane speed limit
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:47 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:47 am
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Drivers traveling Staring Lane will have to ease up on the accelerator following the Baton Rouge Metro Council’s decision Wednesday to reduce the speed limit from 40 mph to 35 mph along the newly revamped thoroughfare.
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residents also having trouble sleeping from the noise of the speeding traffic and the residents were getting harassed by drivers as they checked their mailboxes or pulled their trash cans from the roadside..."people curse us out and they’ll throw trash at you,”
?que?
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Bryan Harmon, interim director of the city-parish Department of Public Works, said the street was redesigned for at least a 45 mph speed limit...
Officials previously said that the limit was set at 40 mph as a compromise to earlier criticism from residents.
So road was already being operated below design conditions.
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Councilman John Delgado, who proposed the ordinance to reduce the speed limit, stressed to the council that they should be focused on the concerns of the residents instead of the city engineers.
Delgado seems like an all-around genius. Operate roadway outside of parameters from the start? Check. Reduce speed even further outside of design conditions while saying f*ck the engineers? Check.
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Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:47 am to man in the stadium
stupid. The metro council is a bunch of commies. I can easily drive 90 mph down that stretch
What's the point of "expanding" to alleviate traffic and then keep the speed the same? Derp.
What's the point of "expanding" to alleviate traffic and then keep the speed the same? Derp.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 8:50 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:49 am to man in the stadium
Legit gripe (in some cases).
They should have bought out one side of the road completely, leveled the homes there, and kept the road farther from the remaining houses. They could have also used asphalt instead of concrete to reduce tire noise.
Then again all of that would have pissed people off too.
They should have bought out one side of the road completely, leveled the homes there, and kept the road farther from the remaining houses. They could have also used asphalt instead of concrete to reduce tire noise.
Then again all of that would have pissed people off too.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 8:53 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:49 am to man in the stadium
BR gonna BR
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:49 am to man in the stadium
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:53 am to man in the stadium
fricking great. If this speed limit was announced when the was proposed, it may not have happened.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:59 am to man in the stadium
Delgado is the biggest drama queen in the world,
from the initial story the other day
"“They are purposefully putting people’s lives at risk for no gain,” Delgado said of the Department of Public Works, which sets the speed limits for the city"
thats 5 mph difference will change things?
from the initial story the other day
"“They are purposefully putting people’s lives at risk for no gain,” Delgado said of the Department of Public Works, which sets the speed limits for the city"
thats 5 mph difference will change things?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:11 am to man in the stadium
frick this noise.
You expand the road just to keep the limit the same?
They should have left Staring road a POS and fixed another one then.
You expand the road just to keep the limit the same?
They should have left Staring road a POS and fixed another one then.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:14 am to man in the stadium
The road was widened to help traffic flow. Dropping the speed limit on it so low is contrary to why the road was expanded in the first place.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:36 am to man in the stadium
Staring is a divided four lane road with a 35 mph speed limit. Stanford is not divided and the speed limit is 40, yet people do 50 all the time. Stupid council
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:39 am to man in the stadium
We need St. George
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:54 am to man in the stadium
Cars going fast is the least of BR's problems. BR drivers are the slowest I've ever encountered.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:05 am to man in the stadium
The Metro Council has no business whatsoever regulating speed limits.
Between this and the lowering of speed limits on residential streets to 25mph, they've proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Between this and the lowering of speed limits on residential streets to 25mph, they've proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:40 am to man in the stadium
It took a while for this current incarnation of the BR Metro Council to come down with a case of the dumbass, but as predicted, they've risen to the occasion.
Second off, the Southdowns HOA has so much strength in this town, they can do anything they want. If they want Delgago to put gigantic dick statues on every corner, he'll do it. He's an asskisser and he knows who butters his bread.
Pretty sad but BR is gonna BR. You tangle with Southdowns, you're gonna get bit. Just ask every councilman who's ever served that district.
Second off, the Southdowns HOA has so much strength in this town, they can do anything they want. If they want Delgago to put gigantic dick statues on every corner, he'll do it. He's an asskisser and he knows who butters his bread.
Pretty sad but BR is gonna BR. You tangle with Southdowns, you're gonna get bit. Just ask every councilman who's ever served that district.
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