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re: Jefferson Highway - BR
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:57 am to RunninReb
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:57 am to RunninReb
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This is a total disaster. I have been using this stretch of road for years for my commute. It's a joke right now.
It’s been a joke most of my lifetime.
Pretty sure most of the 80s saw the most common flower on it being an orange construction cone.
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:04 am to teke184
They've been needing to 4 lane Old Hammond from Sherwood out to Florida Blvd for 30 years. It's odd how they choose which projects to prioritize
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:07 am to fallguy_1978
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They've been needing to 4 lane Old Hammond from Sherwood out to Florida Blvd for 30 years. It's odd how they choose which projects to prioritize
They don’t wanna spend that kinda money. It’s kinda apples to oranges. Nothing is changing about Jefferson
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:08 am to fallguy_1978
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They've been needing to 4 lane Old Hammond from Sherwood out to Florida Blvd for 30 years. It's odd how they choose which projects to prioritize
I think they didn’t want to deal with construction workers dodging bullets near Blvd De Province.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:11 am to Schmelly
Any idea why they aren't working portions of this at night?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:11 am to Adam4848
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Any idea why they aren't working portions of this at night?
Too [hot cold wet dry early late]
Pick one.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:30 am to Schmelly
quote:Late 80’s and it’s about 4’ deep of solid concrete.
I think that concrete was poured in the 80s
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:39 am to RunninReb
Whenever you have a project like this the contractor will run into unknown problems such as caved in sewer lines, hidden natural gas lines, forgotten AT&T fiber lines, collapsed drain pipes and on and on.
Thus the 'Change Order' .
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:41 am to Adam4848
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Any idea why they aren't working portions of this at night?
The residents who live over there would complain and it is probably a violation of a city noise ordinance.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:06 am to Bongo
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the general public cries because of shitty roads. Then cry when they fix said roads because you're inconvenienced.
no dumb dumb....People cry because they're horribly planned, slow, and typically so far behind when they actually needed to be done (10+ years ago) by the time they're completed, they aren't really fixing the current issues.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:18 am to Adam4848
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Any idea why they aren't working portions of this at night?
No idk, that’s between DOTD/Construction Co. Probably the amount of lighting it would take? I’m guessing.
It’s only gonna be 1 lane in each direction until they finish the middle that’s being worked on now. Then they’re gonna open up the middle, leave one of the current lanes open & shut the other down.
So 3 phases.
1. Inside lanes & suicide lane
2. 1 outside lane
3. Other outside lane
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 10:23 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:05 am to fallguy_1978
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They've been needing to 4 lane Old Hammond from Sherwood out to Florida Blvd for 30 years. It's odd how they choose which projects to prioritize
I believe we voted to widen Old Hammond eastward in Broome’s MovEBR plan.
The Jefferson Hwy. is a DOTD project that they are doing before they can turn Jefferson over to the Parish for maintenance. It is another road swop.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:16 am to doubleb
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I believe we voted to widen Old Hammond eastward in Broome’s MovEBR plan.
It was also in Kip Holden’s green light plan that didn’t get done.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:39 am to RunninReb
to everyone who still has confidence in the LADOTD
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:41 am to Bawpaw
As someone who lives in that area and uses that road every day, it was in terrible shape. I'm ok with the inconvenience if I get a better highway out of it.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:48 pm to absolute692
I don’t think they started working on it until late August and it was supposed to be completed within 90 days.
They just recently started doing some culvert work. I avoid this part of Nicholson like the plague.
They just recently started doing some culvert work. I avoid this part of Nicholson like the plague.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 3:06 pm to Lickitty Split
It’s such a shite show but dumb arse Baton Rouge drivers make it worse by blocking intersections when there’s no where to go because they’re selfish pricks. I didn’t move an inch on 3 light cycles on Jefferson at bluebonnet because of that shite
Posted on 3/15/24 at 3:23 pm to BilJ
I drive it everyday and it was in terrible condition, especially right by I-12. There were holes and bumps around there that could mess your car up.
that being said, i'd rather drive around those bumps or simply deal with fixing them constantly, as opposed to waiting 2 fricking years to redo the road.
Why on earth is this project going to take 2 years?
that being said, i'd rather drive around those bumps or simply deal with fixing them constantly, as opposed to waiting 2 fricking years to redo the road.
Why on earth is this project going to take 2 years?
Posted on 3/15/24 at 3:24 pm to RunninReb
You wanna be really depressed? It's going to be 2 years until completion.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 3:28 pm to TeddyPadillac
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I drive it everyday and it was in terrible condition, especially right by I-12. There were holes and bumps around there that could mess your car up.
It was really bad. People who “don’t know why they are redoing it” must not really drive it much.
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i'd rather drive around those bumps or simply deal with fixing them constantly, as opposed to waiting 2 fricking years to redo the road.
Thats the whole project. The two middle lanes from I12 to Bluebonnet will be done by the end of April. Then it should be 3 lanes for the rest of the project.
They couldn’t completely rip out the outside lanes because of all the businesses and homes. So they will alternate sides and only tear up a small outside section at a time. It increases the amount of time for the whole project, but will leave an extra lane open.
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