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Why are Louisiana road contractors so terrible?
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:27 pm
The I-10 widening through Baton Rouge is going to take 20 years if this continues.
The first scheduled lane shifts were cancelled and delayed due to “cold weather”. The high/low Monday and Tuesday were 59/39 & 64/39. 0% rain.
Why does LDOTD accept this? Why don’t they demand contractors stay on schedule. Texas could complete the entire project in probably 3 or 4 years and Louisiana is planning for 20 years. Why not demand better?
WBRZ link
The first scheduled lane shifts were cancelled and delayed due to “cold weather”. The high/low Monday and Tuesday were 59/39 & 64/39. 0% rain.
Why does LDOTD accept this? Why don’t they demand contractors stay on schedule. Texas could complete the entire project in probably 3 or 4 years and Louisiana is planning for 20 years. Why not demand better?
WBRZ link
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BATON ROUGE - Plans for a lane shift on the interstate have been pushed back to the end of the week because of weather delays, DOTD says. Phase two of the I-10 widening project began this week with planned overnight lane closures between South Acadian Thruway and Louise Street. During those nightly closures, crews were supposed to install concrete barriers and re-stripe the westbound lanes to become more narrow. On Tuesday those plans fell through because of the chilly weather. "They missed a day because it was cold. So they weren't able to get all that they wanted to get done," said Rodney Mallett, a spokesman for DOTD. Instead, the closure planned for Tuesday night will occur Wednesday, Nov. 29. Starting at 7 p.m., one lane will be closed on I-10 West from South Acadian to Louise Street. Another lane will be shut down around 10 p.m., leaving only one lane open to drivers until 5 a.m. Thursday morning. The same closures will take place Thursday night. By Friday morning, the lane shift will make its debut. More overnight lane closures can be expected between Essen and College on I-10 and I-12 West Thursday for work on the College Drive flyover ramp. Between the two major ongoing projects, drivers will have to dodge through multiple construction sites for the next few weeks.
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Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:28 pm to Rocklicker
This calls for another interstate study.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:29 pm to Rocklicker
Because there are few, if any, accountability measures that apply to contractors once they win that sweet government contract.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:31 pm to Rocklicker
Some construction materials have temperature restrictions IE thermoplastic for striping.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:42 pm to Rocklicker
Often times these delays are due to DOTD specs and not so much the contractors. As was pointed out above, many items have temperature requirements.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:44 pm to Rocklicker
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Texas could complete the entire project in probably 3 or 4 years
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:50 pm to Finchboyz
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Some construction materials have temperature restrictions IE thermoplastic for striping.
good call
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:00 pm to Rocklicker
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Texas could complete the entire project in probably 3 or 4 years
I10 from the state line to Beaumont says hi!
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:02 pm to Rocklicker
cyvubinj
This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:33 pm to Rocklicker
Bribery
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:54 pm to Rocklicker
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Why are Louisiana road contractors so terrible?
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Louisiana
Posted on 11/30/23 at 3:04 am to Rocklicker
quote:Mostly because they are under the direct supervision of ladotd!
Why are Louisiana road contractors so terrible
Posted on 11/30/23 at 4:58 am to Rocklicker
Just like most people who bitch about road construction, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 5:05 am to ags01
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Just like most people who bitch about road construction, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Some people don’t realize that in some states the winter weather makes road construction a spring and summer issue to the point where the state flower is the traffic cone with all the construction going on 6 months out of the year. Meanwhile Louisiana is lucky and can get it done year round with a few exceptions like cold days, really hot days, and an occasional hurricane where if the construction project was along an evacuation route the state may require the contractor to restore all the outbound lanes before evacuations are called.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 5:07 am to brewhan davey
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Because there are few, if any, accountability measures that apply to contractors once they win that sweet government contract.
It's time to write a new contracting law. But knowing Louisiana, it will never happen, ike auto insurance tort reform.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 5:10 am to PhiTiger1764
Always good to plan work with temperature/moisture restrictions in late fall. Based on 7 day forecast, their next window to complete is next weekend. 1 week in and already 2 weeks behind.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 5:32 am to Rocklicker
My main complaint is the results, not the delays. Our new highways and interstates are bumpy, potholed pieces of shite within a few years.
"It's the Louisiana heat" they tell us. Well, it gets just as hot in Texas and Oklahoma, and their roads are magnitudes better than ours.
Do we allow cheaper material, shoddier methods, or what?
"It's the Louisiana heat" they tell us. Well, it gets just as hot in Texas and Oklahoma, and their roads are magnitudes better than ours.
Do we allow cheaper material, shoddier methods, or what?
Posted on 11/30/23 at 5:40 am to Rocklicker
They is working with Government Money so no one gives a F##K.
They have 5 people to do every job 1 man could easily do.
I-20 between Ruston and DFW has been "under construction" at some point for 25 years.
They have 5 people to do every job 1 man could easily do.
I-20 between Ruston and DFW has been "under construction" at some point for 25 years.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 5:59 am to Rocklicker
No loop in our lifetime
Posted on 11/30/23 at 6:29 am to Twenty 49
quote:idk has to be some good ol baw shite in there somewhere. LADOTD has been Mia since Covid, haven’t maintained or fixed much if shite. I think JBE uses the department for political leverage and they’re pissed they didn’t get their gas tax increase to piss away.
My main complaint is the results, not the delays.
This post was edited on 11/30/23 at 6:30 am
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