re: Is BR traffic really that bad?

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My solution to the traffic problems would be a south loop that comes off of nicholson/30 over the river and connects back to i10 around lobdell exit.

Extend kenilworth to burbank and eventually to nicholson. extend kenilworth to hennesy/donovan.

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You're on the right track but you aren't thinking big enough.

What's needed is a 6-lane loop that goes from the Basin bridge, loops below Plaquemine, crosses the river at St. Gabriel, goes through Prairieville then links up with 12 around Livingston.

4 or 6-lane Nicholson/30 from LSU to this new bridge and lots of traffic that occurs because of LSU (school being in session, gameday, whatever) has a much more attractive artery to get to and from the campus (and growth is going down that way anyway, might as well feed it).

Once this is done, traffic should look a lot better and give planners a better idea of what needs to be done to help intra-city traffic as a lot of the extra-city traffic would be removed.

Another outcome from such a loop would be the extra growth along the corridor (especially around the new bridge as so much of the land west of the river and south or Plaquemine is farmland or wooded).