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re: Will Baton Rouge Ever Get an Interstate Loop?
Posted on 12/22/14 at 3:46 pm to Traffic Circle
Posted on 12/22/14 at 3:46 pm to Traffic Circle
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Green US Senator in DC won't help too much either.
Actually, I will take a "green" US senator that is NOT from New Orleans, and is from Baton Rouge, to have more interest in trying to get this off the ground.
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Posted on 12/22/14 at 3:52 pm to Croacka
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A southern loop will do little to keep the truck traffic out of BR
I agree whole-heartedly. We need a northern and southern loop, but the priority should be a southern loop and here's my logic on that:
1. There are many who live on one side of the river but work on the other (for various reasons). Try going to or coming from Brusly at just about any time of the day. LA 1 isn't busy just because people are going to and from Port Allen ;)
2. The brunt of current expansion is moving south along I-10, specifically in Prairieville. Putting the bridge in St. Gabe and running it across to just below Prairieville opens up all that land on both sides of the river for expansion. Just imagine it, being pro-active in setting up infrastructure instead of woefully reactive.
3. Having a southern loop with a bridge at St. Gabe can eventually lead to a 4-laning (or 6-laning) of Nicholson all the way down to give LSU students a whole new route for access (notice how traffic is a little lighter when LSU isn't in session?). This also helps for the trafficpalooza of home football games.
4. The route would eventually continue on to hook back up with I-12 around Livingston, thus giving at least some of the more BR-experienced 18-wheeler drivers a reason for using it.
Posted on 12/22/14 at 3:55 pm to Bard
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being pro-active in setting up infrastructure instead of woefully reactive.
this is louisiana though, you know it doesn't work like that.
Posted on 12/22/14 at 3:59 pm to monsterballads
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this is louisiana though, you know it doesn't work like that.
A guy can dream.
Posted on 12/22/14 at 4:19 pm to Bard
There needs to be more than 1 loop. They need a northern loop to bypass the city possibly through the old bridge at 190 or the new St. Francisville bridge to use current infrastructure. South bound loop which is the one that is needed most should go all the way to the sunshine bridge with an option to put a new bridge in St. Gabriel in a 2nd phase. This would allow traffic to have many alternate routes and detours to get back to I-10 or off of I-10 due to traffic incidents. 3127 could be taken over further down the road to allow the loop to expand to I-310 giving trucks many routes to Port Fourchon and from plants on the west banks of the river.
The major problem is the pissing and moaning of the businesses of the city of Baton Rouge claiming that diverting traffic away from the city will cripple them.
The major problem is the pissing and moaning of the businesses of the city of Baton Rouge claiming that diverting traffic away from the city will cripple them.
Posted on 12/22/14 at 4:20 pm to ell_13
will never happen
Posted on 12/22/14 at 4:23 pm to ell_13
There will be a study done again most likely.
It'll add to the previous 5 studies they've done....
It'll add to the previous 5 studies they've done....
Posted on 12/22/14 at 4:25 pm to Rickety Cricket
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Lake Charles > Baton Rouge
And it's not even debatable.
Posted on 12/22/14 at 4:41 pm to TigerHam85
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Lake Charles > Baton Rouge
And it's not even debatable.
Darrell's > no Darrell's
Posted on 12/22/14 at 9:58 pm to udtiger
Well, you got it. Let's see how he does.
Posted on 12/22/14 at 11:23 pm to ell_13
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Will Baton Rouge Ever Get an Interstate Loop?
NO.
Livingston parish NIMBY's (and Central) have come out against the loop, and Ascension, Iberville, and West Baton Rouge politicians only want it if the bridge is in their parish. As it currently stands, Baton Rouge politicians are the only ones that want it. Everyone just wants to bitch about traffic while continuing to allow development with no zoning restrictions or impact fees.
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