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New Orleans Causeway looking at increasing toll from $3 dollars to $4 dollars
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:23 pm
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Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:23 pm to ihometiger
Make it $2 both directions
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:24 pm to ihometiger
quote:of course they are, they want a raise.
Causeway staff
A meter maid is not a lifetime job. these people want raises, hire someone else that will do it for cheaper.
This post was edited on 7/19/16 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:24 pm to ihometiger
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:24 pm to ihometiger
White flight tax
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:24 pm to ihometiger
Everybody knows the Causeway Commission is one of, if not the most, corrupt organizations in LA (I am looking at you too Levee Commission). This shouldn't happen but almost certainly will.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:25 pm to ihometiger
I'm all for it.
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the bridge is in desperate need of areas where vehicles can pull over, as well as improved safety rails along the southbound span.
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proposed improvements include improved railing and safety bays for vehicles to move off to the side during accidents.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:26 pm to ihometiger
Let them shut the lights off again, the people will win.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:27 pm to tgrbaitn08
If the Causeway Commission were more transparent about their contracting activities, I might be for it.
As it stands now, it is a boondoggle for a select few.
Their budget is ridiculous for what they do; way too many people and vehicles.
As it stands now, it is a boondoggle for a select few.
Their budget is ridiculous for what they do; way too many people and vehicles.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:27 pm to jbgleason
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This shouldn't happen but almost certainly will.
Why not??
For only the second time in 60 years tolls are being increased
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The bridge opened in 1956. Since then, tolls have increased only once, in the mid-1990s.
I dont see a problem with that
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:28 pm to ihometiger
Well they paid all the money to A&M for study after study on new guard rails. Have to pay for it somehow.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:28 pm to jbgleason
I wrote my post before I saw yours.
We must have run across one another IRL at some point.
We must have run across one another IRL at some point.
This post was edited on 7/19/16 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:29 pm to ihometiger
I thought the total was to pay for the bridge. Shouldn't it have been paid off by now?
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:31 pm to ihometiger
I wish we had more toll roads. Keep the poors away.
Texas building lovely toll roads left and right, get dat loop.
Texas building lovely toll roads left and right, get dat loop.
This post was edited on 7/19/16 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:31 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I'm all for it.
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the bridge is in desperate need of areas where vehicles can pull over, as well as improved safety rails along the southbound span.
They already have these areas
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:31 pm to LSUTANGERINE
it is paid off. maintenance is not free.
Replacement will need to be considered one day.
Replacement will need to be considered one day.
This post was edited on 7/19/16 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:32 pm to Ed Osteen
Exactly.
It is crock of crap.
It is crock of crap.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:33 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
It is very probably best maintained 24 mile stretch of road in the world.
I did see a bit of tarnish on one of the light standards, so hopefully, a few $100K will take care of that.
I did see a bit of tarnish on one of the light standards, so hopefully, a few $100K will take care of that.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:35 pm to Ed Osteen
It's not just that..
It all sounds like a good plan to me
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the bridge is in desperate need of areas where vehicles can pull over, as well as improved safety rails along the southbound span.
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safety bays, or shoulders, be added to the bridge at regular intervals, with six on each span.
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The 672-foot-long stopping areas would be spaced between the existing crossovers and would provide space for drivers to move their cars out of the travel lanes. The cost would be about $60 million
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installing rails on top of the concrete barrier along the southbound bridge. The vast majority of accidents in which vehicles careen off the bridge into Lake Pontchartrain happen on the southbound span, where the barrier is only 25 inches high, 6 inches lower than on the northbound side.
Adding the rails would cost about $40 million, bringing the total for the recommended improvements to about $100 million, Dufrechou said.
Securing 30-year bonds for that amount would likely require tolls to increase by $1, he added.
Causeway officials have been pondering safety upgrades for several years. The ideal solution, Dufrechou said, would be to add a lane to each span. But that would cost nearly $2 billion.
It all sounds like a good plan to me
Posted on 7/19/16 at 3:38 pm to tgrbaitn08
They ask for $2B and "settle" for $500M.
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