re: Roads in Lakeview (Metairie)

Posted by Ed Osteen

Member since Oct 2007

57468 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 5:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88

Ground saturation/water table has a large deal to do with the roads not only in lake view, but New Orleans area as a whole.

I'm pretty sure they are fixing the roads right now in uptown so poorly for job security

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Posted by tLSU

Member since Oct 2007

8623 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 5:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88

Deputy Mayor Grant recently said that it would take $9 billion to repair New Orleans' roads.

The annual budget is less than half a billion.

Posted by lsufan251875

Member since Jul 2008

3159 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 6:20 pm to tLSU

quote:
Deputy Mayor Grant recently said that it would take $9 billion to repair New Orleans' roads

You mean the new Executive Director of the SWBNO.

Posted by Napoleon

Kenna

Member since Dec 2007

69068 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 6:24 pm to Ed Osteen

quote:
I'm pretty sure they are fixing the roads right now in uptown so poorly for job security

this.

1. Fix road with concrete but don't replace sewage pipe under road.

2. tear up road to replace sewage pipe

3. fill in torn up area with asphalt and don't even pack it.

4. ?????

5. Tear up entire road and fix it and start from #1 again.

I know the SWB is making more issues than it is fixing. As much as I am against privatization, I think the SWB needs to go.

Posted by Ba Ba Boooey

Northshore

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 6:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88

quote:
Lakeview (Metairie)

Stopped reading

Posted by choupiquesushi

yaton rouge

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:04 pm to Navajo61490

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:14 pm to SaintlyTiger88

It's the one time that white people are forgotten about in Orleans parish

Posted by Hammertime

Will trade dowsing rod for titties

Member since Jan 2012

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:46 pm to LEASTBAY

You're right, Lakeview is not in Metairie. If it were in Metairie, the roads would've completely caved in.

Fwiw, drive around the shitty parts of New Orleans and the wank. The roads are fricked up everywhere

Posted by The Mick

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:50 pm to SaintlyTiger88

Oak trees tend to mess up streets

Posted by notiger1997

Metairie

Member since May 2009

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:00 pm to The Mick

No, as a few people have pointed out, Lakeview was built on a damn swamp. It's not the same as Metairie or even all that close.
Read up on that area. It's pretty neat.

And yes, the city kind of sucks at fixing streets too.

Posted by RummelTiger

Texas

Member since Aug 2004

89844 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:07 pm to oilmanNO

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Yeah but if lakeview was in Metairie it would be boring as shite

Ooooooooooooh...sick burn!

It's a suburb. People live there BECAUSE it's boring.

Posted by glassman

Next to the beer taps at Finn's

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:21 pm to tgrbaitn08

quote:
Old Metry is like Lakeview except they aren't close to the lake.

LOL.... MCG is nothing like Lakeview. No Rex and Comus flags in Lakeview designating Kings and Queens.

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Posted by ladytiger118

Member since Aug 2009

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:33 pm to glassman

quote:
No Rex and Comus flags in Lakeview designating Kings and Queens

Posted by Winkface

Member since Jul 2010

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Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:46 pm to glassman

Thanks for pointing out where the racists live! You're not helping!

Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

27086 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:59 pm to cahoots

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The main reason the streets suck is because the ground sinks. The main reason it sinks is because the storm water drainage set up in Nola proper pumps water out rather than allowing some of it to be absorbed. Jefferson parish has a much better system.

Correct.

Jefferson is beginning to sink and will catch up to Orleans if the problem you noted isn't fixed. After a few relatively minor floods in the 80's, they lowered the daily canal levels. We are starting to see the effects now. I did some comparison soil bores a few months back out in Metairie comparing piped vs. unpiped ares of Metairie/Kenner. Crazy difference. In unpiped areas I was hitting water at 16" below the surface. Un piped areas, water wasn't encountered until 4-5' below the surface. That's comparing bore locations similar distance from canals and the lake. North of I-10 in Kenner is starting to drop fast. Metairie north of I-10 is just starting to really drop.

Source: I specialize in water management.

Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

27086 posts

Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:03 pm to notiger1997

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Lakeview was built on a damn swamp. It's not the same as Metairie or even all that close

North Metairie was also a swamp. Metairie and Gentilly ridges marked the boundary between the lakeside swamp and the bottomland swamp towards the river. Those ridges also mark the difference between muck and silt loam. Muck is much more susceptible to subsidence once drained and turned aerobic.