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re: "I'm not going to let this happen without Iberville getting its fair share."
Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:20 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:20 pm to upgrayedd
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upgrayedd
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Yep, but their permits are typically very politically motivated
Disagree 1,000%. Your mileage may vary, but if you meet the regs and guidelines, you may have to do some extra work to mitigate issues they feel are important but in my (firsthand) experience, it's not dependent on who you know.
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Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:25 pm to Monkeyboy
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I think people label it as failure partly because it hasn't helped traffic issues at the Baton Rouge river crossings
Exactly. It was never intended to do that.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:30 pm to member12
The Audubon bridge is too far north to do much, if anything, for BR traffic.
It's a cool bridge, though. I'll give it that.
It's a cool bridge, though. I'll give it that.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:31 pm to longtooth
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longtooth
Genius.
That would cut my drive to the camp from 55 minutes down to about 30. You have my vote
Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:33 pm to GFunk
Do you know how much of a PITA it is to get a permit to do anything in a wetland? To quote Donald Trump, "Yuge". It takes forever too.
Now tack on basically another interstate through the basin. Yeah, I don't see that happening
Now tack on basically another interstate through the basin. Yeah, I don't see that happening
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:06 pm to Hammertime
Where are you getting this stuff about going through the basin? The plan is for a spur off of I-10 somewhere before the Lobdell exit. Nobody has talked about building interstates through the basin.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:17 pm to longtooth
Why is bluff rd north of 10?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 3:07 pm to GFunk
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Disagree 1,000%. Your mileage may vary, but if you meet the regs and guidelines, you may have to do some extra work to mitigate issues they feel are important but in my (firsthand) experience, it's not dependent on who you know.
I've seen 40 acre wetland permits approved in a short amount of time and I've seen a 0.3 acre sit at the corps for over a year. Guess which one had the swinging political dick behind it.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 3:11 pm to LSUBoo
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The Audubon bridge is too far north to do much, if anything, for BR traffic
It's not supposed to help Baton Rouge traffic.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 3:17 pm to Slippy
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I think the solution is to build a new feeder interstate off I-10 in WBR, cross the river, and then tie it into Hwy 30, which you convert to a four lane all the way to Gonzales.
this is the only real solution to our problem. A real loop will never happen
Posted on 2/27/17 at 3:35 pm to Slippy
Longtooth was talking about going elevated from 10 through the swamp to Plaquemine
Posted on 2/27/17 at 3:36 pm to Hammertime
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Longtooth was talking about going elevated from 10 through the swamp to Plaquemine
from where on 10?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 3:47 pm to Hammertime
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"I'm not going to let this happen without Iberville getting its fair share."
Do you know how much of a PITA it is to get a permit to do anything in a wetland? To quote Donald Trump, "Yuge". It takes forever too.
Now tack on basically another interstate through the basin. Yeah, I don't see that happening
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Hammertime
I'm actually involved in elevating a highway in South Louisiana through two separate designated wetland areas and multiple other projects impacted by not only USACE but FEMA's Environmental and Historical Preservation folks. I'm confident in saying I'm more familiar with the USACE permitting process than you may realize.
It's not what you're characterizing it as. Period.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 2/27/17 at 4:00 pm to GFunk
Maybe you've figured out some way to streamline the process better than anyone I've ever known. I'm referencing my dealings with the Corps of Engineers on a local level
Posted on 2/27/17 at 4:16 pm to Hammertime
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Maybe you've figured out some way to streamline the process better than anyone I've ever known. I'm referencing my dealings with the Corps of Engineers on a local level
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Hammertime
It's fairly simple reasoning to deduce that large-scale, billion dollar projects mayyyyyy just move through the Corp's permitting process a tad faster than a pump station improvement project that occurs in a floodway or a smaller-scale drainage project that occurs in an environmentally sensitive area.
I understand your frustration. I have local dealings with them myself, in multiple local areas. The permitting process can be lengthy but applying your experience to all experiences is painting with too broad of a brush. Which is my entire point.
Not every permitting process is created equal.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 4:17 pm to kingbob
quote:maybe slightly north of there...it would come out on hwy.30 between st. gabriel and gardere (basically replacing the ferry)seems like the obvious choice.
The real issue is that the only site that makes sense (Plaquamine point) has been ruled out of the question.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 4:46 pm to Slippy
The "new" bridge opened in '69 was supposed to be a bypass of BR 50yrs ago. It was supposed to go between Brusly and Addis. But, the intelligent state legislature moved it downtown for the ease of access to the capital. Now we are stuck in this mess we're in now.....
Posted on 2/27/17 at 4:51 pm to Tigeralum2008
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This is why most states have regional transportation authorities that can make decisions without local cronies
The decision on where to build a new bridge should be based on having the greatest regional traffic impact and not on which parish prez has the loudest mouth.
This x1000. If they would fix this they would actually be able to address the problems with the stupid I-10/110 corridor in BR.
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