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Gov. Landry announces new proposal for I-10 bridge over the Calcasieu River
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:22 am
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:22 am
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The new proposal for the I-10 bridge over the Calcasieu River will still include tolls, but they will be much lower, new Gov. Jeff Landry said.
Landry said while speaking at the Chamber Southwest banquet Thursday night that the new proposal will cost 25 percent less to build and will include a 15 percent equity position for Imperial Calcasieu, under which the area will get 15 percent of any profits made.
Tolls have been reduced across the board by 26 percent, he said. Sixty percent of the people paying the tolls will be from outside Louisiana, he said.
Landry contrasted the old proposal with the new - under the old, a large pickup truck would have paid a $3.82 toll. Under the new proposal, the toll for a large pickup truck will be 25 cents.
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Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:26 am to stout
Are there any other toll roads on a major US interstates in the country? I think I remember one in Florida years ago.
Ahhh, typical Louisiana gonna bend the law a bit...
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The way current law reads it is unlawful for a government agency to apply a toll to any stretch of interstate highway that does not currently have a toll already in place.
Ahhh, typical Louisiana gonna bend the law a bit...
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Here's where the "trickeration" or "bending of the law" comes into play. The rule only covers existing roadways. But as of right now a new I-10 bridge in Baton Rouge and a new I-10 bridge in Lake Charles don't exist, so the rule would not apply to those structures. But, when they are built it's quite possible tolls will be coming to those structures when construction is completed.
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Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:26 am to stout
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I-10 bridge over the Calcasieu River will still include tolls
This is a federal highway. States can toll federal highways? And wouldn't most of the funding for a new I-10 bridge come from the feds?
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:26 am to stout
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will still include tolls, but they will be much lower
Are they set in stone and nobody can ever raise them?
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:27 am to stout
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$3.82
Are tolls really not nice round numbers anymore?
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:32 am to stout
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Title 23 of the United States Code (Highways) includes a general prohibition on the imposition of tolls on Federal-aid highways. However, Title 23 and other statutes have also carved out certain exceptions to this policy. Two mainstream federal tolling programs and two pilot programs offer states opportunities to use tolling to generate revenue to support highway construction activities and implement priced managed lanes on federal-aid highways.
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Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:33 am to stout
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Imperial Calcasieu
My favorite Star Wars character
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:34 am to stout
fricking insane that an interstate will require a toll. It’s not like they don’t collect taxes for that or anything
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:42 am to stout
Louisiana: “we want nice shite”
Also louisiana “frick no we don’t want to pay for it”
Louisiana: continues to have not nice shite
Also louisiana “frick no we don’t want to pay for it”
Louisiana: continues to have not nice shite
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:47 am to stout
Until ground is broken, I’ll never believe a politician in LA regarding infrastructure upgrades.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:51 am to stout
that's a bunch of bull shite.
The toll road shoudl be the loop, not on the main road.
and let me get this straight. we are going to charge just 25 cents to go over it? are we going to mail these bills? a postage is more than 25 cents. And who the hell is going to take the time out of their day to make a 25 cent payment?
The toll road shoudl be the loop, not on the main road.
and let me get this straight. we are going to charge just 25 cents to go over it? are we going to mail these bills? a postage is more than 25 cents. And who the hell is going to take the time out of their day to make a 25 cent payment?
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:54 am to stout
I hope they utilize the same EZ Tag system that Texas does instead of putting toll both operators out there.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:56 am to stout
Kansas has tolls everywhere.
The amount of taxes vs. services we get in this country is absolutely asinine. It makes a man want to build a tank out of construction vehicles.
The amount of taxes vs. services we get in this country is absolutely asinine. It makes a man want to build a tank out of construction vehicles.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:59 am to stout
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The Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River here is a throwback to another era, but still relied upon by around 90,000 vehicles per day at a key section of the cross-country highway.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:04 am to stout
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Sixty percent of the people paying the tolls will be from outside Louisiana, he said.
Hmmm, this sounds familiar. I seem to recall another politician saying something about building a structure and making somebody else pay for it. Hmm, what was that again?
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:12 am to stout
There should never be a toll on an interstate.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:30 am to stout
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Tolls have been reduced across the board by 26 percent
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under the old, a large pickup truck would have paid a $3.82 toll. Under the new proposal, the toll for a large pickup truck will be 25 cents.
That’s a 93% reduction
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:43 am to stout
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Tolls have been reduced across the board by 26 percent
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a large pickup truck would have paid a $3.82 toll. Under the new proposal, the toll for a large pickup truck will be 25 cents.
The math for this bridge has been all over the place but damn if both of those are true I assume the toll for a big rig would be higher than giraffe arse!!!
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:46 am to stout
Surpringly pleased w/ the Landry administration so far.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:52 am to stout
Yeah, I don’t see how a federal interstate can have a toll. We aren’t talking about bypasses, loops, or alternative highways. I10 is the main interstate vein.
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